LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. Effective January 1, 2016 the non-duty disability benefit provisions of the Pension Plan will not apply to employees in the Collective Bargaining Unit, and those employees will be covered by the Long Term Disability (“LTD”) Program described in this Section. Terms of the insurance policy control except as specifically provided below, including the insurance policy preexisting condition provision for employees with less than twelve (12) months of service. Leaves under this Section are unpaid except for the benefits provided by this Section, and employees do not accrue length of service under this Agreement or the Pension Plan while on LTD leave. When full-time or part-time employees are sick or injured, they may be eligible for benefits through the Long-Term Disability Policy which provides employees with 60% of their pay to age 65 in accordance with the following:
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. 1. The City will offer a Long-Term Disability ("LTD") Benefit Program.
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. The County shall provide and pay the premium for a Long-Term Disability (LTD) benefit as described in the applicable plan document to all full and part-time employees (0.4 FTE minimum) who meet the eligibility requirements. The benefit waiting period is the longer of 60 days, or the period the employee elects to receive paid leave. Employees eligible to receive LTD benefits are not required to exhaust sick leave before receiving LTD benefits, but an employee who chooses to use sick leave or other paid leave after the 60th day of disability is not eligible to receive any LTD benefits until the employee stops using paid leave. LTD benefits cannot be supplemented with any paid leave. LTD benefits will be offset by an applicable income, such as short-term disability benefits, retirement benefits, Social Security, and Social Security Disability benefits, etc.
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. For all persons covered by this Agreement, the Board agrees to pay one-hundred percent (100%) of the cost of an income protection insurance policy which shall provide sixty-six and two-thirds (66- 2/3%) percent of gross earnings, after a ninety (90) calendar day waiting period, less any amounts paid or payable under Worker's Compensation Insurance and full disability benefits received from Social Security and Retirement Benefits limited by the express terms of an insurance policy presently in force in the school district. This shall include the following maximum monthly benefits: $4,500. Long-term disability insurance coverage will begin on the first day of the month following employment. The board will pay six (6) months of health insurance for teachers on long-term disability beyond the 12 weeks of Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. (a) (i) All regular employees shall participate in the government-funded CORE Public Education Benefit Trust (PEBT) Long Term Disability (LTD) plan. The Core PEBT LTD plan shall be at no cost to the Employer, the Union or the employees and includes access to the Joint Early Intervention Service (JEIS). The LTD plan shall commence 120 calendar days after disability and shall be fully integrated and subject to such other conditions as the plan carrier shall require. In the event that the PEBT LTD plan is discontinued, any subsequent mutually-agreed LTD plan shall be employer funded at sixty percent (60%) of salary.
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. Effective May 24, 2016, the County shall deduct from each member’s paycheck the amount of $11.31 per pay period for PORAC LTD coverage. The parties acknowledge that this results in an average per member cost savings to the County in excess of $60.00 per month. The County agrees to share in the cost savings with the members of SCLEMA only as long as it is cost neutral to the County on a going forward basis as follows:
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. The School District of Omaha shall provide long-term disability benefits for full-time employees incurring long illness. This plan provides a monthly benefit of 60% of the employee’s monthly gross salary, to a maximum of $5,000. This monthly benefit will be coordinated with other benefits the employee may be eligible to receive. The benefit begins on the 91st calendar day following the date of disability. The program includes all full-time employees with 30 calendar days of employment. For those employees who become disabled after September 1, 1978, the amount of Social Security benefits to be coordinated with the Monthly Indemnity Benefit provided under the Long-Term Disability Plan shall be based upon the Social Security Benefit in effect on the date of the initial disability award. Any subsequent changes in the Social Security Law which result in an increase in Social Security benefits shall not be used to reduce the amount of Monthly Indemnity Benefit under the Long-Term Disability Plan. Any change in dependent status after the date of the initial disability award will be considered in the computation of Social Security benefits payable, and the Monthly Indemnity Benefit payable under the Long-Term Disability Plan will be adjusted accordingly. Employees who are disabled are allowed to continue participation in the Board of Education group hospitalization, surgical and major medical program for three months following the expiration of sick leave at Board of Education expense.
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. 27.1. Basic coverage featuring benefits to age 65 after an elimination period of 180 calendar days will be provided at no cost to employees who work at least 20 hours per week on a year-round basis and have completed six months of active service following a regular or exempt appointment. Shorter elimination periods will be available through payroll deductions. An employee who is or becomes in a laid off situation shall not be eligible for LTD benefits. LTD benefits will begin only after all other temporary disability benefits, such as accumulated sick leave, have been exhausted.
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. 1. As soon as administratively feasible on or after the next month following the execution date of this Agreement, the City will offer the Long-Term Disability (“LTD”) Program.
LONG TERM DISABILITY PROGRAM. A mutually acceptable long-term disability program will be purchased by the school district for the administrators.
