Well, insurance wise. She just had some foot surgery. She'll be out of work until November. She'll also get pay for 2/3 of her weekly average, like your mom. My mom works in a national drugstore chain. What they're doing for her is taking some of her vacation pay still owed to her and adding that every week to her 66%, which I didn't think was legal, but they assure her it is. Also, they'll add whatever sick pay she has (we get 5 days a year, and they roll over with us each year) and they'll do that until her paid time off runs out. At worse, with what she has accumulated, it'll be just a week or two for her without close to full salary. I don't know if this helps.

I do believe, if you mom tried to get pay from anything else, lawsuits could take place. I don't think her long term disability insurance company would be happy with her collecting from someone else and might be able to sue or make a huge stink. But, I'm not sure.