Currently On Paid Short-Term Medical Leave And Found Another Job...?

[jefflyman]

Hi all,

I have been on short-term medical leave (full-pay STML from my employer) for about 2 months, and already approved for the 3rd month. My health condition is better now (spine fracture after a car accident)l however, I'm already told by my coworkers that my supervisor plans to get rid of me following my 3 months disability leave. In the mean time, i'm offered another similar position from a different company - so the timing is perfect.

So my question is, do I need to cancel my short term medical leave when I start my new job next week? Or can I let it ride till the end of month to collect 2 more weeks of paychecks while starting another job? What would be the consequence if I get caught doing this? Would this be a felony? I do not care about being fired by my current company because HR won't reveal that I'm fired if anyone asks).

Please refrain from replying with "Liar", "you're wasting taxpayers money"... I know this is unethical and I shouldn't do this. I'm just wondering what the consequence is if I get caught since I'm very low on cash because of the car accident (my car insurance let me down). Please, useful answers or just ignore this message, thank you.

[bednobs]

are you in the UK? your use of terms such as "disability leave" and "paycheck" make me think you are perhaps not?
Anway in the uk, if you have a sick (fit) note saying you are unable to work, you should not do ANY work

[DJHawkes]

i'm guessing that when you use the term 'felony' you're US based, we don't have felonies here we have crimes. It's the wrong site to ask really as employment law here is different I m assuming. the co-workers should not be privy to information regarding your future dismissal, you should sue the company for breach of confidentiality if it comes to light that the company give you notice. what is the dismissal process there and is it based on years of service?

[Peter Pedant]

Aa Ged outa here ! judge Judy speaking....
Having re read your post - clearly from the Land of the Free - paycheck gives the game away...

So on common law principles such as Judy uses - yes you do need to resign from one when you formally start from the other

even tho' with your evil evil supervisor's plan - you may think that the overlap pay is a fair deal for all....

Your contract of employment is for you to work for someone
so you then cant contract to work for someone else for pay for the same hours.....
if you do - we would call it fraud, or fraudulent conversion ( = fraud in two long words)

which is your answer....

Good luck with the new job - and also to recover from the accident
12 weeks off for a crush fracture is too short...
you can expect a bit more discomfort for a few more weeks....