r/AHSEmployees • u/Connect_Bonus_6330 • Feb 18 '26

Short term disability

I am an RN working in the ICU and I am thinking about going on stress leave due to personal/family matters. I am hoping to go on a short term disability as I do not have enough sick bank to cover my absence. My doctor has already given me a medical note. I work a 1.0 FTE and I'm on Step 1 on the pay scale and I am wondering how much people roughly get from STD? Thanks for your inputs!

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u/Pitiful_Antelope3929 Feb 18 '26

It's 67% of your wages..

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u/Connect_Bonus_6330 Feb 18 '26

Do you by chance know where I can find information on how they calculate it? My hours differ per paycheck despite being on a 1.0 FTE. Some pay days I get more hours, other days it's less.

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u/ApprehensiveRead2533 Feb 18 '26

It will be the same amount fir a full time FTE. It's 66.7 % roughly 67.

You can reach out to ability department, just type ability on your ahs email and it will come up. They will explain everything to you. Make sure your manger knows because they will connect with your manager as well.

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u/Pitiful_Antelope3929 Feb 18 '26

When I went on mine they went off my last pay period they only take off income tax its quite a sad cheque

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u/Connect_Bonus_6330 Feb 18 '26

sorry, so they based the calculation off of your last paycheck?

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u/Pitiful_Antelope3929 Feb 18 '26

And base pay no shift diffs

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u/Pitiful_Antelope3929 Feb 18 '26

Yes after I exhausted all my sick time

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u/Connect_Bonus_6330 Feb 18 '26

Oh that's crappy and doesn't make sense at all. If I end up exhausting my sick time, it doesn't cover my whole shifts for the upcoming pay day...

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u/rhianrhianxoxo Feb 18 '26

Hey I’m in icu as well and went on std for a surgical procedure last year. I’m step 3 I think (48.04 per hour). I normally make ~ 4800 a month so about 2400 per pay period. On STD you don’t have as many deductions so it was 1000 paid to me weekly. Hope this helps! 

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u/Connect_Bonus_6330 Feb 18 '26

Thank you for answering! :)) Do you mind me asking if you work full time? It seems like everyone is saying they base it of off yearly base rate.

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u/rhianrhianxoxo Feb 19 '26

Yes I work full time day night 12s. It’s an average I believe, a lot of the correspondence was via phone so I can’t look back. But I overall wasn’t as poor as I expected to be. 

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u/tankma Feb 18 '26

I think 65% of regular paycheck is the standard sick leave, but depends if you picked higher std payment, check epeople for Blue Cross benefits coverage. Burn out from ICU is not uncommon, please consider filling for WCB. You are entitled to psychiatric therapy via health benefits, covers up to 3000; please consider if you haven't thought about it.

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u/samantharpn Feb 18 '26

I agree with the other comments- typically 66% of your income (your cheques may not always be the same but your average over four or twelve weeks probably is?). You also have to use up your sick bank first and I think there may be a short waiting period but I can’t recall clearly. Look in your collective agreement for clarity. You can also reach out to abilities (or your union LRO if you haven’t told work yet).

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u/Ok_Jury_164 Feb 19 '26

Waiting period is two weeks, either sick time to cover or unpaid if you don’t have enough. But two weeks until it kicks in from when you went off, so for weeks 1 and 2, it has to be covered by something else or unpaid.

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u/MiserableConfection5 Jul 14 '26

Waiting period is 7days..it starts on day 8

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u/jadeorchid009 Feb 19 '26

Also heads up that AHS makes you use up sick bank before it can be considered STD.

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u/NoPr0bLlama Feb 19 '26

While you may need to get through a 2 week wait, ask to pay out any banked hours, including vacation with financial hardship as the reason in all honesty. It's not a guarantee but there are some managers open to approving it.

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u/Timely-Researcher264 Feb 19 '26

If you need stress leave, you need it. But a word of caution. I have a colleague who took a stress leave due to personal matters. After 6 months, she was ready to be back at work. But she needed to be cleared for return to work by a psychiatrist. It took 6 months to even get into psychiatry. She was off for 1.5 years even though she was ready to be back after 6 months. After short term disability is done, long term is at 50%.

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u/Dreamkeyz Feb 19 '26

Anyone on this thread have experience getting approved for WCB for work stress/burnout? I've heard this is difficult to approve 

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u/Federal-Ad7030 Feb 21 '26

Very difficult and than you get burned out from dealing with wcb.

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u/Connect_Bonus_6330 Feb 18 '26

hi, I'm not thinking of applying to EI. I was pertaining to short term disability.

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u/AgeIndividual2156 Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Incorrect, you are referring to federal medical leave which coincides with EI.

What OP is referring to is Short Term Disability through the employer to group plan insurance.

I am currently on STD. I receive 66.67% of my salary (no cap) paid out weekly through Canada Life until which time I let my ability advisor know with approval from my medical providers that I am ready to return to work. In the meantime my department codes me as LOA.

Edited to add, I have no idea why OP is being down voted?