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re: Putting the wife on disability/unemployment when she is having a baby

Posted on 4/3/13 at 2:57 pm to
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112456 posts
Posted on 4/3/13 at 2:57 pm to
What is STD? I thought it was Sexually Transmitted Disease.
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
128971 posts
Posted on 4/3/13 at 3:31 pm to
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So she signed up for STD when she went back to work in anticipation of child #2 at some point in the distant future.









Yeah but you cannot be pregnant when you sign up for STD. I think you have to have had it for at least a year before it will cover pregnancy. Better check with her employer's STD provider to make sure.
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
34884 posts
Posted on 4/3/13 at 4:11 pm to
Short term disability
Posted by Projectpat
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2011
10521 posts
Posted on 4/3/13 at 5:24 pm to
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baby got to eat


GFY with a hot iron
Posted by Tigris
Mexican Home
Member since Jul 2005
12356 posts
Posted on 4/3/13 at 5:57 pm to
Sure, join in with the leeches. You will find a justification if you try hard enough.
Posted by WmWallace
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
1820 posts
Posted on 4/3/13 at 10:07 pm to
Do the right thing..this is a slippery slope and one that will affect your kids one day.
Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4746 posts
Posted on 4/4/13 at 6:19 am to
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baby got to eat


GFY with a hot iron


that was a joke douche
Posted by Specktricity
Lafayette
Member since May 2011
1233 posts
Posted on 4/4/13 at 9:56 am to
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Yeah but you cannot be pregnant when you sign up for STD. I think you have to have had it for at least a year before it will cover pregnancy. Better check with her employer's STD provider to make sure.


This is correct, Aflac recently denied my wife her STD benefits because she delivered less than a year after she signed up. Missed it by 6 days.
Posted by HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
15226 posts
Posted on 4/4/13 at 2:59 pm to
AFLAC has some policies that will pay short-term disability for maternity leave, provided that you've held the policy for a certain period of time prior to filing a claim.

As for the unemployment insurance, that seems like an abuse of the system. It's there for people who get laid off through no fault of their own, not for people who decided to have a kid.
Posted by Herb484
Member since Jan 2009
588 posts
Posted on 4/5/13 at 7:29 am to
You probably should have thought about this before having your baby. No, it is not right in my opinion to do this. Do it on your own and don't take any "hand me outs". Sorry if I sound rude but I just do not think it's the correct thing to do.
Posted by Tigerpaw123
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2007
17258 posts
Posted on 4/5/13 at 8:49 am to
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You probably should have thought about this before having your baby. No, it is not right in my opinion to do this. Do it on your own and don't take any "hand me outs". Sorry if I sound rude but I just do not think it's the correct thing to do.


While I agree with you if you are talking about unemployment or LTD, but as far as short term, if it is a covered benefit they would be stupid to not take it, they paid for it either directly or as a benefit and should use it accordingly
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 4/5/13 at 9:56 am to
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Is this an acceptable practice to put my wife on unemployment once she has the baby?


No.
Posted by Tigah in the ATL
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2005
27539 posts
Posted on 4/6/13 at 6:08 am to
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people have been telling me that my wife would qualify since she has to quit her job before the baby is born
people are wrong. You don't get unemployment if you quit or are fired. You get unemployment if you are laid off.

I'm sure she could go to a quack shrink & get disability, but come on.
Posted by GFunk
Denham Springs
Member since Feb 2011
14966 posts
Posted on 4/6/13 at 7:29 am to
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Tigah in the ATL


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people are wrong. You don't get unemployment if you quit or are fired. You get unemployment if you are laid off.


Absolutely incorrect.
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