{"id":6180,"date":"2014-05-08T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/?p=6180"},"modified":"2014-05-08T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T13:00:17","slug":"short-term-long-term-disability-and-workers-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/staging\/8350\/short-term-long-term-disability-and-workers-comp\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Someone Get Short-Term or Long-Term Disability and Workers&#039; Compensation At The Same Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/AA-Male-on-White-Background-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"African American Male on White Background\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>For short-term disability benefits, this often times depends on your specific short-term disability policy. While it may be possible to receive both benefits, oftentimes exclusions are made if <a title=\"Workers' Compensation in North Carolina\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/workers-compensation\/\" target=\"_blank\">workers&#8217; compensation<\/a> is paid.<\/p>\n<p>Just as with short-term disability, your ability to collect long-term disability benefits along with workers\u2019 compensation will depend on the specifics of your plan. However, it is usually possible to collect both long-term disability and workers\u2019 compensation.<\/p>\n<p>In both situations, the specifics can be complicated and vary greatly from case to case. For this reason, it is always best to consult with a workers compensation attorney when the need arises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For short-term disability benefits, this often times depends on your specific short-term disability policy. While it may be possible to receive both benefits, oftentimes exclusions are made if workers&#8217; compensation is paid. Just as with short-term disability, your ability to collect long-term disability benefits along with workers\u2019 compensation will depend on the specifics of your &#8230; <a title=\"Can Someone Get Short-Term or Long-Term Disability and Workers&#039; Compensation At The Same Time?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.duncanlawonline.com\/staging\/8350\/short-term-long-term-disability-and-workers-comp\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Can Someone Get Short-Term or Long-Term Disability and Workers&#039; Compensation At The Same Time?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workers-compensation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Disability &amp; Workers&#039; Comp at the Same Time | Duncan Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can you get disability and workers&#039; comp at the same time? 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