Common use of Disability Retirement Benefits Clause in Contracts

Disability Retirement Benefits. A. Employees who retired under a Disability Retirement after 12/1/70, who have never applied for or been accepted into the County plan and have been refused disability benefits from the Florida Retirement System or who have been subsequently removed from the Florida Retirement System will be allowed to apply to the County disability system. Employees will have 90 days from being removed from the Florida Retirement System to apply to the Disability Panel in order to be eligible for consideration for the County's service connected Disability Program. Employees may request retroactive benefits to date of retirement. The decision of the disability panel will be final. B. The County will provide assistance to help individuals who the County believes are certified as disabled to get into the Florida Retirement System program. This assistance will include legal representation through the State Retirement Commission appeal process. C. Employees certified as disabled by the County long term service connected disability program who subsequently are denied disability benefits under the Florida Retirement System will receive legal representation through the appeal to the State Retirement Commission. D. Management retains the right to amend the Service Connected Disability Program as long as the benefit levels are not reduced. E. Employees found not disabled and who are fit and able to resume duty will be returned to work. F. Resignation from the County service is not a prerequisite to applying for disability retirement benefits from the Florida Retirement System or the County's Service Connected Disability Program.

Disability Retirement Benefits. A. Employees who retired under a Disability Retirement after 12/1/70, who have never applied for or been accepted into the County plan and have been refused disability benefits from the Florida Retirement System or who have been subsequently removed from the Florida Retirement System will be allowed to apply to the County disability system. Employees will have 90 days from being removed from the Florida Retirement System to apply to the Disability Panel in order to be eligible for consideration for the County's service connected Disability Program. Employees may request retroactive benefits to date of retirement. The decision of the disability panel will be final. B. The County will provide assistance to help individuals who the County believes are certified as disabled to get into the Florida Retirement System program. This assistance will include legal representation through the State Retirement Commission appeal process. C. Employees certified as disabled by the County long long-term service connected disability program who subsequently are denied disability benefits under the Florida Retirement System will receive legal representation through the appeal to the State Retirement Commission. D. Management retains the right to amend the Service Connected Disability Program as long as the benefit levels are not reduced. E. Employees found not disabled and who are fit and able to resume duty will be returned to work. F. Resignation from the County service is not a prerequisite to applying for disability retirement benefits from the Florida Retirement System or the County's Service Connected Disability Program.