Application for Disability Benefits. Employees shall, as soon as practical, apply for short- and long-term disability benefits in accordance with their Group Disability Insurance Policy.
Application for Disability Benefits. Application for disability benefits shall be submitted, on a form to be provided by Management, to the Director of Personnel Services. The application shall include the written opinion of a legally qualified physician as to the nature and extent of the sickness or accident disability, the effective date of such disability, the anticipated duration of such disability, and a clear statement that the faculty member is unable to perform any of the faculty member's assigned responsibilities because of such sickness or accident disability. The Director of Personnel Management shall establish the effective date of disability based on the form so submitted. A faculty member whose application for benefits under this Section is denied by the Director of Personnel Management may appeal to the Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Services or designee.
Application for Disability Benefits. Application for disability benefits shall be submitted, on a form to be provided by Management, to the Chief Human Resources Officer or the Chief Human Resources Officer’s designee. The application shall include the written opinion of a legally qualified physician as to the nature and extent of the sickness or accident disability, the effective date of such disability, the anticipated duration of such disability, and a clear statement that the employee is unable to perform any of the employee’s assigned responsibilities because of such sickness or accident disability. The Chief Human Resources Officer or Chief Human Resources Officer’s designee shall establish the effective date of disability based on the form so submitted. Nothing in this Section 8.9 shall prevent the Chief Human Resources Officer or the Chief Human Resources Officer s designee from requiring that an employee provide additional medical documentation at any time during the period of disability leave, or to take additional steps to confirm an employee’s disability under Section 8.9(E).
Application for Disability Benefits. Application for disability benefits shall be submitted, on a form to be provided by Management, to the Director of Employee Relations, Diversity and Inclusion. The application shall include the written opinion of a legally qualified physician as to the nature and extent of the sickness or accident disability, the effective date of such disability, the anticipated duration of such disability, and a clear statement that the faculty member is unable to perform any of the faculty member’s assigned responsibilities because of such sickness or accident disability. The Director of Employee Relations, Diversity and Inclusion shall establish the effective date of disability based on the form so submitted. A faculty member whose application for benefits under this Section is denied by the Director of Employee Relations, Diversity and Inclusion may appeal to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (in instructional faculty) or designee, or the Senior Vice President for Student Services (if counseling faculty) or designee.
