Legal Question in Employment Law in California

I am applying for State Disability Insurance in California. It asks if I want to disclose benefit payment information to my employer. Why would anyone say yes? Should I say yes? What kind of information will be disclosed?


Asked on 6/04/12, 10:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Jacob Kiani Law Office of Jacob I. Kiani

It allows you to disclose this info to your employer for purposes of integration:

Integration or coordination of DI or PFL benefits is a process in which the full DI or PFL weekly benefit amount is paid to the employee and the employee is being paid wages from the employer. With this process the employee could potentially receive up to 100% of his/her normal gross weekly wages for the benefit period (provided the employee has leave balances available).

For example: An employee�s current gross weekly wage is $500.00. The weekly benefit amount from PFL is $275.00. The $500 minus $275 equals a $225 per week wage loss. Consequently, the employer can coordinate/integrate a maximum amount of $225.00 per week in gross wages to the employee, resulting in the employee receiving 100% of their normal weekly gross pay.

Note:

It is the responsibility of the employer and the employee to ensure that the employee is not receiving more than 100% of his/her normal gross wages when receiving coordinated/integrated wages from his/her employer in conjunction with the DI or PFL weekly benefit amount.

You should say yes if your employer is still paying you wages. If your employer is not paying you wages, I don't see any reason why you would want this information disclosed. �If you did say yes, they would disclose to your employer your weekly benefit amount in state disability payments.

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Answered on 6/09/12, 8:45 am


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