My short-term disability was paid by my employer, not an outside insurance company, so the rules might be different.

Quite often, while on short or long-term disability, a person may wish to "try" to go back to work on a "back to work" program. That is a pre-established schedule, and it may include trying to work a total of 8 hours the first two weeks, maybe 16 after that, etc., etc. If at any time you can't handle the pace, you can determine another more suitable schedule.

This is how I got back to work, as going back into a 40+ hr work week from the get-go would have been suicide.

I wasn't paid "excess" pay, over and above my normal wages (STD), for trying to get back into my job. I'm not really sure that they can do that when you are on STD, although perhaps this might be more negotiable on LTD.

Cherie