I just looked into it...

I work for the Cal State University system, so I just found out I'm not eligible for the SDI through EDD. We have a separate program called NDI and it lasts for 6 months. But I am going to ask about getting it again since I can't work full time yet, maybe it can continue to supplement my income a little bit.

I *do* love Cali!

edit to add: It's only given to people for 26 weeks for ONE disability period and this is still my ONE disability period. But it was worth looking into.

^^ And people think state employees have it better than they do.

I am glad to be out of California. The California Work Comp system severely discriminates against people with brain injuries by limiting the fees the WC attorneys can collect. How is someone supposed to file a WC claim for a head injury without an attorney's help????

Calif SDI will pay for 52 weeks if you have paid in enough. It can go longer if you worked part time while recovering and received partial benefits. The maximum benefit paid out is still the same.

I moved out of California after 37 years but when I came back to California 6 months later for a job assignment I was injured. That ended the job assignment.

Just an update here...

I get worried about my job...

I'm a lot less worried now that I'm working and the more I work the less worried I get, but I still get plagued with all sorts of worries on occasion: career worries, financial worries, health worries, relationship worries etc., I just started meditating again in the last couple of weeks so the worries are going away more and more.

Anyway, the fiscal manager wrote an email to the two people who needed to help me with all of this stuff.

The very next day I got a message that the five minute call was finally made and it turns out I will be receiving a refund for the deduction they took from my paycheck for the month I had also paid the premium in full. $60 is better than nothing!

And then today, I had a short meeting with the woman from payroll and it turns out what they thought in early Dec (that I actually had vacation time and sick time) was not true - and that's why it disappeared - because I wasn't working enough to be accruing any at all. But at least I now know what is going on! And because I'm working more now, I am actually accruing sick and vacation time again.

And the whole meeting made me feel so much better because they apparently discussed taking me back at 50% time so I could accrue something while I was working so little but the powers that be INSISTED that I be put back into the system at 100% and they are all just waiting for me to be able to work that much again and that makes me feel a LOT more secure!!

Awesome!!!

See, just keep doing what you're doing at your job, what you *can* do and those around you will see how dedicated you are.

YEAH!!!! Sounds like some things are working out!!! Very happy for you!! Just keep believing girl....keep meditating....spread that light.

Awesome!! I'm glad you got everything worked out.