KPERS Disability Clause Samples

KPERS Disability. If an employee suffers total disability and is eligible for retirement disability benefits under the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System and if KPERS has in effect the current regulation that total disability payment commence six months after the disability occurs, the County will then pay fifty percent (50%) of that employee’s current wage or salary for up to the six-month period preceding the start of KPERS' disability payments. The County will base the decision to pay the percentage of salary on a properly filed claim for disability benefits, and submission to the County of a physician’s statement that the employee suffers total disability that will last longer than six (6) months. The fifty percent (50%) County payment will commence after the employee's accumulated sick leave, shared leave, compensatory time, and vacation leave are all used in full and will only cover the portion of the six-month period not otherwise covered by paid leave time. In no case shall the payment for leave time, coupled with the fifty percent (50%) payment contained in this section, exceed the amount the employee would have earned had they not become disabled. If such disability arises from a job-related accident or injury and the employee receives Worker’s Compensation benefits as a result, such Worker’s Compensation benefits shall be offset against the County payment.