Supporting documentation may include medical certifications to be completed by your health care provider. These forms will be sent to you after you conduct your intake with The Standard.
If you applied for state Paid Family and Medical leave benefits, a separate set of forms will be sent to you from the PFML Authority. The PFML paperwork includes both a form for your provider, as well as an employer verification form that you must submit to Absence Management, Human Resources by emailing: employee.services@yale.edu.
Note that The Standard will accept the state’s PFML health certification form, in lieu of their own medical health certification form.
A note for M&Ps with multiple state claims in one year’s timeframe: When you apply for University-paid Short-term disability or parental pay, and you have already collected state PFML within the same year, you must provide a proof of earnings statement from the state, to Yale’s Benefits department. This is to ensure that the offsets for a STD claim or parental pay benefits are correctly allocated. In the absence of documentation, Yale will assume you are collecting state PFML for the full duration of 12 weeks, and reduce Yale-paid earnings accordingly. Upon receipt of a state benefits statement, Yale will adjust your earnings accordingly. If any overpayments occur, Yale reserves the right to recoup those funds. Coordination with State-paid leave programs is complicated, and we appreciate your patience as we navigate through the process.
If you have the voluntary Aflac STD benefit for union staff, you must contact Aflac to obtain their paperwork as well.
These vendors do not share your paperwork with each other. Vendors each require their own separate forms. However, The Standard will accept the state’s medical certification form in lieu of their own medical certification form. You may have your doctor complete the state’s medical form and submit it to both the state and The Standard. Otherwise, they do not coordinate.