Common use of Level of Benefit Clause in Contracts

Level of Benefit. (a)For employees who qualify for commencement of Long Term Disability Benefits – fifty percent (50%) of regular weekly earnings calculated at forty (40) times the disabled employee's hourly straight time job rate at date of onset of disability plus - any negotiated increases to that hourly straight time rate which would take place during the Elimination Period.

Level of Benefit. (a)For a) For employees who qualify for commencement of Long Term Disability Benefits – fifty percent (prior to September 1, 1981 - 50%) % of regular weekly earnings calculated at forty (40) times the disabled employee's hourly straight time job rate at date of onset of disability plus - any disability. (Note: Not to include negotiated increases to that hourly straight time rate which would take place during the Elimination Periodor retroactive adjustments.)