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kimwim43 t1_j9qqerj wrote

My husband is a Hartford school teacher. They don't pay into a short term disability program, so they aren't entitled to disability pay. If she wants to contact Carol Gale, the union president, she can, but it won't go anywhere.If your friend wanted to, she could buy short term disability ins. on her own from any insurance company on her own, long term disability, life insurance, it's like any other ins. policy. But it's not covered in their union contract.

edit: It's another reason AFLAC is purchased by people.

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Serious_Service5137 OP t1_j9rfw1c wrote

Thanks for the confirmation. I have worked at small business and they had STD insurance. Can't believe that the teachers union is so weak

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DeskFan203 t1_j9tisko wrote

It's not necessarily weakness. When the law was passed, there may have been things that people didn't like, and didn't want to absorb the law into their contract. Or, they were mid contract when the law was passed and had to wait until new contract to incorporate the law. (This last one is the case for my employer and was why I couldn't file this summer)). I do have an aflac policy but as I wasn't the sick person, I was a caregiver, I couldn't use it)

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