Benefit Payment Period. An eligible employee shall be entitled to the benefits of this short-term disability leave for a maximum of three (3) months. After an employee's benefits pursuant to this section have been exhausted, the employee may continue to exhaust his/her accumulated sick, vacation, holiday or other time which he/she had accumulated before receiving benefits pursuant to this section. An employee granted a disability retirement by the City's Retirement Board may not receive benefits under this section after the date of the disability retirement.
Benefit Payment Period. 44 Benefits begin after a waiting period of 7 consecutive days and continue while you are totally disabled, 45 through the 26th week of disability. Benefits stop when you no longer are disabled, at the end of your 46 maximum benefit period, or when you die. 47
Benefit Payment Period. An employee will be eligible for a first income payment from the plan after having been totally disabled throughout the qualifying period of one hundred and four (104) days. Payments will be made at the end of each calendar month. If after a period of disability during which benefits are received from this plan, an employee returns to work on a full-time and full-pay basis and then again becomes totally disabled, by the same cause, within six (6) months of returning to work, the later period of disability will be considered as a continuation of the previous period of disability. If, however, a subsequent disability occurs which is unrelated to the previous disability a new period of disability will be established requiring a one hundred and four (104) day qualifying period. The benefit is payable each month for as long as total disability lasts, but not beyond age sixty-five (65). If this insurance terminates -- for any reason -- while an employee is totally disabled, eligibility for income benefits will continue. During the first two (2) years of benefit payments, total disability is defined as an employee's inability, because of sickness or bodily injury which requires the regular and personal attendance of a physician, to perform the duties of his/her occupation. After having received benefits for two (2) years a total disability is defined as the inability to perform any duties of any occupation for which an employee is reasonably qualified by education, training or experience. Proof that an employee continues to be totally disabled will be required at reasonable intervals by the Insurance Company. If an employee fails to furnish such proof, or if an employee refuses to be examined by a physician, an employee will no longer be considered to be totally disabled.
