Common use of Short Term Disability Plan Clause in Contracts

Short Term Disability Plan. For full-time nurses who have completed their probationary period, the Employer agrees to pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium cost of a weekly indemnity plan that provides coverage on the first [1st] day of disability due to accident or the eighth [8th] day of disability due to illness. The benefit will be equivalent to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the nurse's regular weekly earnings exclusive of premium pay, up to a maximum benefit of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per week subject to plan approval in accordance with the Employment Insurance Act. The benefit will be payable for a period of up to seventeen (17) weeks. Accidents or sickness which are covered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act or similar legislation are excluded.

Short Term Disability Plan. (a) For full-time nurses who have completed their probationary period, the Employer agrees to pay one hundred percent (100%) of the premium cost of a weekly indemnity plan that provides coverage on the first [1st] day of disability due to accident or the eighth [8th] day of disability due to illness. The benefit will be equivalent to sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the nurse's regular weekly earnings exclusive of premium pay, up to a maximum benefit of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) per week subject to plan approval in accordance with the Employment Insurance Act. The benefit will be payable for a period of up to seventeen (17) weeks. Accidents or sickness which are covered by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act or similar legislation are excluded.