Does collecting short term disability affect collecting unemployment?

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Does collecting short term disability affect collecting unemployment?

I’ll soon be layed-off from my job of 11 years. A few days ago I fell and broke my wrist and I am currently looking into short term disability. Will this affect my collecting unemployment benefits? Can I collect my unemployment after short term disabiltiy runs out? Can I collect both?

Asked on April 5, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Minnesota

Answers:

MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

You might not be able to double dip but you need to check your state's department of labor to determine if there is also a limit or timeline as to disability payments for your broken wrist and whether or not your unemployment compensation should actually be what you collect since that occurred first in time. If your disability claim is a social security disability claim, then if the effective date of your social security claim is before the start of your base period, then your disability doesn't impact your payments. So you need to review the information with an unemployment counselor because usually unemployment may pay longer than disability and sometimes more. But you need to verify if you begin short term disability if you wind up precluding yourself from filing for unemployment.


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