Disability Insurance Elective Coverage (DIEC)

DI offers benefits to those approved for DIEC when they can’t work and lose income because of a non-work-related illness, injury, pregnancy, or childbirth.

PFL offers benefits to those approved for DIEC when they need to take time off from work to:

• Take care of a seriously ill child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or registered domestic partner.
• Bond with a new child entering the family through birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
• Participate in a qualifying event because of a family member’s (spouse, registered domestic partner, parent, or child) military deployment to a foreign country.

DIEC Eligiblity

Small business owners, entrepreneurs, independent contractors, self-employed people, or general partners who meet the requirements can apply for DIEC.

A general partnership can include married co-owners who both actively manage the business. Limited partners and corporate officers are not eligible.

• Eligibility Requirements
• Benefit and Premium Amounts
• Disability Insurance Elective Coverage Program (DIEC) (DE 8714CC) (PDF)
• Paid Family Leave (DE 8714CF) (PDF)
• Elective Coverage for Employers and Self-Employed Individuals (DE 231EC) (PDF)