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Disability and Travel Assistance

Short Term Disability | Cigna Travel Assistance Program | Cigna
For employees who reside outside of California, Hitachi offers Cigna Secure Travel® is a service arranged by Cigna to provide
you Short Term Disability (STD) to provide income replacement a resource for all of your traveling needs. It provides a
if you become disabled due to accident, sickness or pregnancy, comprehensive range of information, referral, coordination,
through Cigna. If you experience a temporary disability, and arrangement services designed to respond to most
benefits begin 7 days after the start of your accident, sickness medical care situations and many other emergencies you may
or pregnancy. Short Term Disability works with state disability have when you travel over 100 miles from home. It also offers
programs, Social Security, and any other group disability pre-trip assistance and information from passport/visa
coverage, to provide you with a combined weekly benefit equal requirements, foreign currency, and weather.
to 55% of your pre-disability earnings up to a maximum benefit
of $1,011 per week. Secure Travel is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Available services include destination information, emergency
In California, employees have disability benefits (CASDI) travel arrangements, lost/stolen travel documents assistance,
through the State and share in the cost via payroll deduction. In legal referrals, emergency messages, emergency pet services,
HI, NJ and NY, the state requires the company to have a medical evacuation, family member transportation, child
statutory disability policy and you and the Company share in transportation, transportation after stabilization, repatriation,
the cost as permitted by law. medical/dental referrals, treatment monitoring, hospital
payment coordination, insurance information transfer,
Long Term Disability | Cigna medication, vaccine or blood delivery, recovery arrangements,
Long Term Disability (LTD) is an extremely important benefit and missing baggage assistance.
that helps protect your income should you become disabled.
Hitachi Solutions offers you the opportunity to purchase Long Accessing the Travel Assistance Program
Term Disability protection at discounted group rates. If you To access Cigna Secure Travel benefits, call
become disabled, benefits begin 180 days after the start of your (888) 226-4567.
illness or injury. Long Term Disability works with state disability
programs, Social Security, and any other group disability
coverage, to provide you with a combined monthly benefit *Please refer to Hitachi Solutions employee handbook for
equal to: process on applying for Short Term Disability.

Option 1: 60% of your pre-disability earnings to a maximum
benefit of $5,000 per month

Option 2: 66 2/3% of your pre-disability earnings to a
maximum benefit of $12,500 per month

Benefits paid are not taxable.

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