EDD and Pregnancy Disability Leave

branizooke

As I can't seem to get a real person on the phone at the Employment Development Office, I thought I'd ask my questions on here!

How long did it take for you to receive your disability check? 6 weeks? 8 weeks?

If it arrived so late, was it one lump sum, or did you continue to receive checks every two weeks even after your maternity leave was over?

Did Paid Family Leave easily roll over or did you have to re apply for that after SDI?

 I am scheduled to deliver in April and have been desperately doing my research to figure out how to avoid this money delay as much as possible. Two coworkers just recently gave birth and had serious issues with EDD. One girl never received her check throughout the 12 weeks that she was off, and the second has yet to receive her check. She is going on 5 or 6 weeks of maternity leave. 

If you received your check more quickly than this, what's your secret? Did you do anything beforehand that helped speed the process?

Thanks for any advice regarding this issue. I'm trying to get a very accurate picture of how much money I should save to cover the time that I am not being paid.

 

Karla CS

I submitted all the paperwork for mine on 2/4, and got all the paperwork and a loaded debit card with 1 weeks worth (they don't do paper checks anymore) yesterday.

 

I couldn't tell you how it rolls over into PFL, since I'm not there yet.

I can tell you that I had filed unemployment for 1 month in 2007, and got married in 2010, changing my name with relevant agencies. All my paperwork and the debit card is in my maiden name - I spent about 30 mins waiting for a real person to figure stuff out yesterday, and I need to send them copies of DL, SSN, and marriage license.. Pain in the butt!

 

Good luck! 

branizooke

Karla CS:

I submitted all the paperwork for mine on 2/4, and got all the paperwork and a loaded debit card with 1 weeks worth (they don't do paper checks anymore) yesterday.

 

That is good news! I'm glad that not everyone is having to wait that long. Did you file your paperwork in the hospital on the day you delivered?

Karla CS

I filed my paperwork the day I stopped working - two weeks before my due date. (And STILL haven't delivered.. So keep that in mind when you're planning your leave - I didn't expect to deliver EXACTLY on my due date, but I wasn't expecting to go DAYS past it. I guess that's me being a FTM!)

You can file the first day of your leave, up to 4 weeks before delivery.  Also as a heads up, EDD is transitioning into requiring an online submission (I think the official switch is in March or April). My HR gave me papers to fill out, and when I went to Kaiser, they said they only process electronically in advance of the switch. 

The paperwork I got yesterday has something for me to fill out to let them know the day I deliver - it states that they request it be filed online, and filing with papers could result in delay. Maybe the people you know were still using the paper forms and that caused their delay?

hamrm

Hi!  I just received information through the Bump on a law office that might be able to help you...

www.bwlaw.com

Structenggal

Close to when my 6 weeks of SDI were up they sent paperwork asking if I wanted to continue with PFL or wait until a later date. I sent the paperwork back stating to continue with PFL and had zero issues.

kisha83

Hi, I applied on 1/19/13 and it's now 4/23/13 and I have not received a debit card yet. I've been trying to get a hold of a real person for months now and have had no luck =( I even left 3 messages with one of the managers and I still have not got a response. It's killing me financially.

BlissfulGurl

I filed on March 3 and last week finally got ahold of someone to inquire about my amount.  My debit card should be coming anyday (or so they say.) So annoying!

Kisha the only way I got ahold of someone was to call at 8am and then I waited on the phone for almost an hour...... 

chanelsplay

I applied for SDI and received my money ( all two weeks worth) in as little as 2 weeks. They have me on automated pay every 14 days. I'm due in November so don't know how PFL will be affected. But so far so good. Good Luck!