All Claimants. For the purposes of the above, earnings shall mean basic monthly earnings (including isolation allowances where applicable) as at the date of disability. Basic monthly earnings for regular part-time employees shall be calculated on the basis of the employee’s average monthly hours of work for the twelve-month period or such shorter period that the employee has been employed, prior to the date of disability, multiplied by her hourly pay rate as at the date of disability. The long-term disability benefit payment shall be made so long as an employee remains totally disabled and shall cease on the date the employee reaches age sixty-five (65), recovers, dies, or is eligible for early retirement, whichever occurs first.
All Claimants. For the purposes of the above, earnings shall mean basic monthly earnings as at the date of disability. Basic monthly earnings for regular part-time employees shall be calculated on the basis of the employee’s average monthly hours of work for the twelve-month period or such shorter period that the employee has been employed, prior to the date of disability, multiplied by their hourly pay rate as at the date of disability. The long-term disability benefit payment shall be made so long as an employee remains totally disabled and shall cease on the date the employee reaches age sixty-five (65), recovers, dies, or the effective date of early retirement under this plan, whichever occurs first.
All Claimants. For the purposes of the above, earnings shall mean basic monthly earnings as at the date of disability. Basic monthly earnings for regular part-time employees shall be calculated on the basis of the employee’s average monthly hours of work for the twelve-month period or such shorter period that the employee has been employed, prior to the date of disability, multiplied by his/her hourly pay rate as at the date of disability. The long-term disability benefit payment shall be made so long as an employee remains totally disabled and shall cease on the date the employee reaches age sixty-five (65), recovers, dies, or is in receipt of the early retirement incentive benefit, whichever occurs first.
C. Employees who still have unused sick leave credits after the waiting period when the long-term disability benefit becomes payable shall have the option of:
(1) exhausting all sick leave credits before receiving the long-term disability benefit;
(2) using sick leave credits to top off the long-term disability benefit; or
(3) banking the unused sick leave credits for future use.
D. Employment status during the intervening period between expiration of sick leave credits and receipt of long-term disability benefits:
E. Employees are not to be terminated for non-culpable absenteeism, while in receipt of long-term disability benefits.
All Claimants. For the purposes of the above, earnings shall mean basic monthly earnings (including isolation allowances where applicable) as at the date of disability. Basic monthly earnings for regular part-time employees shall be calculated on the basis of the employee’s average monthly hours of work for the twelve-month period or such shorter period that the employee has been employed, prior to the date of disability, multiplied by his/her hourly pay rate as at the date of disability. The long-term disability benefit payment shall be made so long as an employee remains totally disabled and shall cease on the date the employee reaches age sixty-five (65), recovers, dies, or is in receipt of the early retirement incentive benefit, whichever occurs first.
C. Employees who still have unused sick leave credits after the waiting period when the long-term disability benefit becomes payable shall have the option of:
(1) exhausting all sick leave credits before receiving the long-term disability benefit;
(2) using sick leave credits to top off the long-term disability benefit; or
(3) banking the unused sick leave credits for future use.
