Minimum Benefit Level. The disability waiting period shall be fourteen (14) days. The minimum level of approved disability leave benefits, pursuant to this Article, shall be no less than seventy percent (70%) of the eligible employee’s total rate of pay for the first six (6) months. If the disability is not of a permanent nature, benefits may be extended for an additional eighteen (18) months at fifty percent (50%) of the employee’s total rate of pay.
Minimum Benefit Level. The minimum level of approved disability leave benefits, pursuant to this Article, shall be no less than seventy percent (70%) of the eligible bargaining unit employee's regular rate of pay.
Minimum Benefit Level. The minimum level of approved disability leave benefits, pursuant to this Article, shall be no less than seventy percent (70%) for the first six (6) months of disability leave and fifty percent (50%) for the remaining eighteen (18) months of the eligible employee's regular rate of pay. Prior to the end of the first six (6) months of receiving disability benefits pursuant to this Article, the employee shall submit an application to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) along with all information required by PERS, for disability retirement under PERS. The receipt of continued benefits pursuant to this Article, after the initial six (6) month period, shall be conditioned upon the employee satisfactorily complying with all PERS requirements to the application process for disability retirement. In the event the employee is granted disability retirement by PERS, such retirement benefits shall offset the disability benefits provided under this Article. In no event will the receipt of PERS retirement benefits result in a reduction in the percentage of aggregate income provided in this Article.
