{"id":1246,"date":"2024-10-15T18:52:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T22:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/?page_id=1246"},"modified":"2024-10-16T14:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T18:22:02","slug":"short-term-disability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/short-term-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-Term Disability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-wps-content-blocks-page-banner page-banner\"><div class=\"bg-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"bg-image inline-image wp-image-664\" src=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/actives.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 25%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/actives.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/actives-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/actives-1800x1350.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/actives-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/actives-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-wps-content-blocks-page-banner-content page-banner__content\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short-Term Disability<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">AFLAC\u2019s Short-Term Disability (STD) Insurance offers a monthly benefit to replace up to 60% of your gross income if you are disabled and can\u2019t work due to a covered accident or covered sickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maternity, psychiatric, and psychological conditions are included.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You are paid regardless of any other insurance you may have with other insurance companies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benefits are paid directly to you (unless you specify otherwise).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You may choose the amount of your disability benefits to meet your needs (subject to income limits) \u2014 up to 60% of your gross monthly income up to $4,000 per month with Guaranteed Issue (no health questions). Higher monthly benefits are available up to $7,500 per month with additional underwriting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You choose on\/off-the-job or off-the-job only coverage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You also may choose how soon benefits are paid and how long benefits will last.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You pay for coverage through convenient payroll deduction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your coverage is portable at ported rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information or to enroll, contact AFLAC at&nbsp;<strong>678-886-9454<\/strong>&nbsp;or visit&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aflac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.aflac.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-footnote\">*Pre-existing condition limitations apply: a sickness or physical condition, whether diagnosed or not, for which the insured was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice, or had taken medication within 12 months before the coverage effective date. AFLAC will not pay for losses which are defined as a pre-existing condition within the first 12 months of the policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-navigation has-tertiary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:2rem;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:2rem\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-h4 has-quaternary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6cbd18a560762f927cc84fb812debe09\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"90\">Active Employees<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n            <nav translate=\"no\" class=\"sidebar-navigation\" aria-label=\"Sidebar\">\n            <ul class=\"menu\">\n                <li class=\"page_item page-item-145\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/medical-plan-options\/\">Medical Plan Options<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-223\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/health-savings-account\/\">Health Savings Account<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1228\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/flexible-spending-accounts\/\">Flexible Spending Accounts<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1232\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/dental-plan-options\/\">Dental Plan Options<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1235\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/vision-plan\/\">Vision Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1239\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/wellness-programs\/\">Wellness Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1243\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/life-insurance\/\">Life Insurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1246\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/short-term-disability\/\">Short-Term Disability<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1250\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/supplemental-benefits\/\">Supplemental Benefits<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1253\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/deferred-compensation-plan\/\">Deferred Compensation Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1257\"><a href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/401a-defined-contribution-plan\/\">401(a) Defined Contribution Plan<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AFLAC\u2019s Short-Term Disability (STD) Insurance offers a monthly benefit to replace up to 60% of your gross income if you are disabled and can\u2019t work due to a covered accident or covered sickness. Maternity, psychiatric, and psychological conditions are included.* For more information or to enroll, contact AFLAC at&nbsp;678-886-9454&nbsp;or visit&nbsp;www.aflac.com. *Pre-existing condition limitations apply: a sickness or physical condition, whether diagnosed or not, for which the insured was treated, had medical testing, received medical advice, or had taken medication within 12 months before the coverage effective date. AFLAC will not pay for losses which are defined as a pre-existing condition within<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/active-employees\/short-term-disability\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":1268,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1246","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1246\/revisions\/1336"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benefits.atlantaga.gov\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}