short-term disability

[optimistic pessimist]

Dear all,

What does "short-term-diability" mean in the sentence below? Can "disability" refer to temporary sickness or injury?

In northern European countries, obese people are up to three times more likely than others to receive a disability pension, and in the United States they are 76 percent more likely to suffer short-term disability.

Thank you!

OP

 

[probus]

A short term disability is a disability that will usually end within a few weeks or months. For example, if you are a gardener or a janitor and you break your arm, you will be unable to work for a month or two. You will have a short term disability.

A long term disability, on the other hand, is one that is expected to persist for a long time, and that may be permanent.

A pension is a permanent thing, and would only be awarded to someone whose disability was deemed to be not only long term, but permanent.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In your question, there should be no hyphen between "term" and "disability". The word "temporally" should be "temporary".