Return to Work Expectations of Employees on Long Term Disability Leave. Employees who are medically certified to return to work after having been granted LTD benefits under the Company’s Long Term Disability Plan at or before the conclusion of the first twelve (12) months of approved LTD, will be placed into the same position they held prior to going on LTD, an equivalent position, or if the same position and equivalent positions have been eliminated, another open and approved position for which they are qualified and able to perform. If no position is available because of a previous temporary or indefinite layoff in which the employee would have been laid off according to the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement had he/she been returned to employment, the employee has no greater right to reinstatement than was allowable had he/she been continually employed during the LTD leave period. Employees who do not return to work from LTD at or before the conclusion of the first twelve (12) months of approved LTD will be considered terminated with no reemployment rights. Employees who are medically certified to return to work within twelve (12) months after the beginning of LTD, but for whom no position is available under the language above, will be considered terminated.
