WHAT IS THE TDI SPECIAL FUND AND WHO MAY FILE CLAIM AGAINST IT?
A TDI Special Fund for disability benefits was established in 1969 through assessments imposed on all employers subject to the TDI Law. According to the law, this Fund can only be used to pay benefits to: a. Employees whose employers have failed to provide TDI coverage or who have gone bankrupt. b. Unemployed claimants who, while receiving unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, became disabled and were held ineligible for further UI benefits solely due to the disability. If you fall in either one of the above categories at the time you became disabled, immediately notify this Division or on the neighbor-island, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations District Office nearest you.
