SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. The Township shall provide officers with a short-term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of his/her salary. The short-term waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar days. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the officer hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-term disability benefit period. The officer shall cease to accrue paid time off or vacation time while on short-term disability. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Department, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long-term benefits are contained in the policy and description recited above and has been given to the Union secretary and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. The Township shall have the right to self insure the short-term and long-term disability benefit as long as the benefits provided are in accordance with the summary plan descriptions described above. An individual officer’s personal insurance shall not be an offset to the benefits described in this section. If an officer is absent from work because of injury or sickness, he/she shall have the option of first using banked sick days, paid time off days, vacation days and compensatory days before applying for the benefits under the short term disability program. Once the said officer applies and qualifies for short-term disability benefits, he/she shall not have the right to draw on banked sick days, paid time off days, vacation time or compensatory time for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. Once an officer qualifies for disability benefits under the long-term policy the Township shall maintain the hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance that was previously available to him/her while receiving short term benefits. The officer shall not accrue paid time off or vacation time while on long-term disability. The times mentioned herein shall not diminish the length of time the Township is required to supply COBRA benefits, it being ...
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. Benefits will become effective on the first of the month following the date of ratification.
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. (SEE SCHEDULE “D”)
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. The City will provide short term and long-term disability coverage for employees at the same level provided to all employees by City policy.
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. The Township will provide the Employees with short term-long term disability benefits in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Office except as modified by this Collective Bargaining Agreement. The short term disability waiting period shall be five days, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. In these instances the benefit shall begin on the first day of disability. The short term disability benefit is 66 2/3% of base pay for a period of up to twenty-six weeks. If the employee is still disabled after twenty-six weeks, he/she shall be eligible for long-term disability benefits. Said benefit shall be 60% of base pay and shall be paid for a period not to exceed the date that the employee would otherwise be able to retire. The rules regarding these benefits are spelled out in the summary plan descriptions for these two plans and subject to the determinations and rules of the insuring companies. The sick days that the Employee(s) accumulated prior to January 1, 1989 shall be hereinafter referred to as “bank sick days”. The Employee shall have the option to retain his/her bank sick days to be used as later described. If such days are not used, upon termination, the Employee will receive one-half (½) of a day’s base pay at that time for each day not used pursuant to Article XI. Effective April 1 of each year, Employees will be given seven (7) current sick days. Current sick days in excess of fourteen (14) current sick days shall be paid in the first pay following the end of the contract year in which said days exceed fourteen (14) at the rate of one-half (½) of base pay for such day. The last day of the contract year in which the excess was accumulated will determine that price of the base pay per day. Employees hired between contract years (April 1 to April 1) will earn ½ of a current sick day for each month worked, or major portion thereof, until the 1st of April following his/her commencement of work. If an Employee becomes disabled and entitled to the benefits of the disability plan, he/she shall have the option of first using current sick days, then bank sick days, then personal days, and then vacation days before applying for the benefits under the disability plan. Once the Employee applies for the disability plan benefits, the Employee shall not have the right to draw on sick days, personal days, or vacation days for any inj...
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. The Employer will provide STD starting the first (1st) day of injury and eighth (8th) day of illness (for up to a maximum of 13 weeks of disability, payable at sixty six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the employee’s base rate of pay (no overtime, no premium, etc.). Long Term Disability (LTD) pays a benefit equal to sixty percent (60%) of base compensation beginning after the ninetieth (90th) day of disability. Benefits will be payable for disability up to age 65. Health care coverage will continue for employees on STD/LTD for up to one year from date leave commenced. STD/LTD must be supplemented by the employee’s accrued time off (i.e., banked sick leave, paid time off). There will be no accrual of paid time off, sick leave and holiday pay during periods of STD/LTD. The use of STD/LTD is subject to Employer required medical verification.
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. The Township shall provide officers with short term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of his or her salary. Effective upon ratification of this agreement, the short-term waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar days. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the officer hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Office, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long-term benefits are contained in the policy and description recited above and shall be included with the signature copy of the contract. Updates shall be given to the Local Association Secretary. Complete copy shall be available for examination in the Human Resources Office.
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. Short term disability (STD) will be offered to employees through the Cafeteria Plan as an option to purchase. STD coverage would start the first (1st) day of injury and eighth (8th) day of illness for up to a maximum of 13 weeks of disability, payable at sixty six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the employees base rate of pay (no overtime, no premium, etc.). Long Term Disability (LTD) pays a benefit equal to sixty percent (60%) of base compensation beginning after the ninetieth (90th) day of disability. Benefits may be payable for disability up to age 65. Health care coverage will continue for employees on STD/LTD, and unpaid time for a maximum of twelve (12) months only. STD/LTD must be supplemented by the employee’s accrued time off (i.e., banked sick leave and paid time off). There will be no accrual of paid time off, and holiday pay during periods of STD/LTD. The use of STD/LTD is subject to Employer required medical verification.
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. All non‐probationary, regular active employees within this bargaining unit who work at least thirty (30) hours per week, shall be eligible for the same Short‐Term Disability (STD) and Long‐Term Disability (LTD) plans and benefits as active non‐unit employees, in the same classification, in the same market in which they are employed, under the same terms, criteria and eligibility. The Employer shall have the right to add to, delete or modify such plan unilaterally and in its sole discretion, without any obligation to bargain, provided that such changes are uniformly applied to active unit and active non‐ unit employees in the same market in the same job classification.
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM DISABILITY. The Employer and the Union recognize that the current Short Term Disability plan requires reevaluation. A Committee will be established to research options for Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability plans that can more adequately meet the needs of all Union members. This committee shall be composed of three Union representatives and three Employer representatives. Either the Employer representatives or the Union representatives may invite others to provide information and expertise, but such third parties will not participate in the deliberations of the Committee. The parties shall not examine any options which will require the Employer to breach any of its existing contractual obligations to any insurer. Any potential monetary impact to the Employer of a new Short Term Disability and/or Long Term Disability plan will be deferred to the next round of bargaining. The parties agree to hold the first meeting of this committee within one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Consent Award of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx is issued.
