Common use of Short and Long Term Disability Clause in Contracts

Short and Long Term Disability. (a) The Township shall provide bargaining unit members with a short-term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of salary. The short-term disability waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar day, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. Short-term disability shall continue until one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days from date or injury or illness. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the employee hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits which shall provide sixty percent (60%) of an employee’s base salary after a waiting period of one-hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Department, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long term benefits policy shall be given to the Union and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. (b) If an employee is absent from work because of injury or sickness, he/she shall have the option of first using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation days, and compensatory days before applying for the benefits under the short-term disability program. Once the said employee applies and qualifies for short-term disability benefits, he/she shall not have the right to draw on paid time off, vacation days or compensatory days for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. (c) Once an employee qualifies for long-term disability benefits, the employer shall maintain the hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance available pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement for a period not to exceed a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, provided the employee funds his/her cost of maintaining such insurance benefits in advance of the time of payment. (d) The parties agree that both short-term and long-term disability benefits are available at the option of the employee. The parties further agree that nothing in this Section shall diminish in any way the benefits currently available to employees under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. An employee shall not accrue either PTO or vacation time while on either short-term or long-term disability leave. (e) Once an employee is receiving short-term/long-term disability benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, then the employee shall no longer be an employee of Clinton Township regardless of the fact that there are sick days paid time off days, banked sick days and vacation days not used.

Short and Long Term Disability. (a) The Township shall will provide bargaining unit members the employees with a shortshort term-long term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six benefits in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of salarySummary Plan Description in the Human Resources Office except as modified by this Collective Bargaining Agreement. The short-term disability waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar daydays, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. Short-term disability In these instances, the benefit shall continue until one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days from date or injury or illnessbegin on the first day of disability. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the employee hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits which shall provide sixty percent (60%) is 66 2/3% of an employee’s base salary after pay for a waiting period of oneup to twenty-hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in accord with six weeks. If the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Department, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long term benefits policy shall be given to the Union and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. (b) If an employee is absent from work because of injury or sicknessstill disabled after twenty-six weeks, he/she shall have the option of first using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation days, and compensatory days before applying for the benefits under the short-term disability program. Once the said employee applies and qualifies for short-term disability benefits, he/she shall not have the right to draw on paid time off, vacation days or compensatory days for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. (c) Once an employee qualifies be eligible for long-term disability benefits, the employer . Said benefit shall maintain the hospital, medical, life, dental, be 60% of base pay and optical insurance available pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall be paid for a period not to exceed a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, provided date that the employee funds his/her cost of maintaining such insurance would otherwise be able to retire. The rules regarding these benefits are spelled out in advance the summary plan descriptions for these two plans and subject to the determinations and rules of the time of payment. insuring companies. An employee must be employed by the Township for ninety (d90) The parties agree that both calendar days to be eligible for short-term disability and long-term disability benefits are available at the option of the employeebenefits. The parties further agree that nothing in this Section shall diminish in any way the benefits currently available to employees under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. An employee shall not accrue either PTO or vacation time while on either short-term or long-term disability leave. (e) Once an employee is receiving short-term/long-term disability benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illnessmonths, then the employee shall no longer be an employee of Clinton Township entitled to employment benefits with the Employer regardless of the fact that there are sick days paid time off days, banked sick days personal days, and vacation days not usedused and the employee’s employment relationship shall cease. This provision does not prevent the employee from requesting a leave of absence from the Township. Upon termination, the employee will be reimbursed for each bank sick day at ½ day’s pay, and the vacation will be paid at the rate of pay in effect at the time the disability was applied for. The parties agree that once the employee goes on disability and a new employee is hired, that new employee will be notified by the Township that the employment will be subject to the return of the disabled employee. Once the employee qualifies for disability benefits, the Township shall maintain and provide the employee’s hospital, medical, life, dental and optical insurance for the employment period. The employee may purchase pension service credit and retiree health care credit for the short-term disability period only. The employee shall accrue sick leave and personal leave during short-term disability only. The employee shall not accrue vacation time while on either short or long-term disability leave. Vacation accrual eligibility for months partially worked while on disability leave shall be determined by the fifteenth of the month rule. For crediting purposes, vacation credit shall be granted for the month in which disability begins if the employee worked beyond the 15th day of the month prior to commencing disability leave. For the month upon which the employee returns, vacation credit shall be granted for the month in which disability ends if the employee terminates disability and resumes work prior to the 15th day of the month. These benefits shall not extend beyond twelve (12) months of the date of eligibility for disability which constitutes the employment period.

Short and Long Term Disability. (a) The Township shall will provide bargaining unit members the Employees with a shortshort term-long term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six benefits in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of salarySummary Plan Description in the Human Resources Office except as modified by this Collective Bargaining Agreement. The short-short term disability waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar dayfive days, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. Short-term disability In these instances the benefit shall continue until one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days from date or injury or illnessbegin on the first day of disability. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the employee hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-short term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits which shall provide sixty percent (60%) is 66 2/3% of an employee’s base salary after pay for a waiting period of oneup to twenty-hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in accord with six weeks. If the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Department, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long term benefits policy shall be given to the Union and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. (b) If an employee is absent from work because of injury or sicknessstill disabled after twenty-six weeks, he/she shall have the option of first using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation days, and compensatory days before applying for the benefits under the short-term disability program. Once the said employee applies and qualifies for short-term disability benefits, he/she shall not have the right to draw on paid time off, vacation days or compensatory days for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. (c) Once an employee qualifies be eligible for long-term disability benefits, the employer . Said benefit shall maintain the hospital, medical, life, dental, be 60% of base pay and optical insurance available pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall be paid for a period not to exceed a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, provided date that the employee funds his/her cost of maintaining such insurance would otherwise be able to retire. The rules regarding these benefits are spelled out in advance the summary plan descriptions for these two plans and subject to the determinations and rules of the time of payment. (d) The parties agree that both short-term and long-term disability benefits are available at the option of the employee. The parties further agree that nothing in this Section shall diminish in any way the benefits currently available to employees under the terms of the collective bargaining agreementinsuring companies. An employee shall not accrue either PTO or vacation time while on either short-term or long-term disability leave. must be employed by the Township for ninety (e90) calendar days to be eligible for Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability Benefits. Once an employee is receiving short-term/long-term disability benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illnessmonths, then the employee shall no longer be an employee of Clinton Township entitled to employment benefits with the Employer regardless of the fact that there are sick days paid time off days, banked sick days personal days, and vacation days not used. This provision does not prevent the employee from requesting a leave of absence from the Township. Upon termination, the employee will be reimbursed for each bank sick day at ½ day’s pay, and the vacation will be paid at the rate of pay in effect at the time the disability was applied for. The parties agree that once the employee goes on disability and a new employee is hired, that new employee will be notified by the Township that the employment will be subject to the return of the disabled employee. Once the employee qualifies for disability benefits, the Township shall maintain and provide the employee’s hospital, medical, life, dental and optical insurance for the period they are an employee. These benefits shall not extend beyond twelve (12) months of the date of eligibility for disability which constitutes the employment period.

Short and Long Term Disability. (a) The Township shall will provide bargaining unit members the employees with a shortshort term-long term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six benefits in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of salarySummary Plan Description in the Human Resources Office except as modified by this Collective Bargaining Agreement. The short-short term disability waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar daydays, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. Short-term disability In these instances the benefit shall continue until one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days from date or injury or illnessbegin on the first day of disability. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the employee hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-short term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits which shall provide sixty percent (60%) is 66 2/3% of an employee’s base salary after pay for a waiting period of oneup to twenty-hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in accord with six weeks. If the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Department, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long term benefits policy shall be given to the Union and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. (b) If an employee is absent from work because of injury or sicknessstill disabled after twenty-six weeks, he/she shall have the option of first using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation days, and compensatory days before applying for the benefits under the short-term disability program. Once the said employee applies and qualifies for short-term disability benefits, he/she shall not have the right to draw on paid time off, vacation days or compensatory days for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. (c) Once an employee qualifies be eligible for long-term disability benefits, the employer . Said benefit shall maintain the hospital, medical, life, dental, be 60% of base pay and optical insurance available pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall be paid for a period not to exceed a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, provided date that the employee funds his/her cost of maintaining such insurance would otherwise be able to retire. The rules regarding these benefits are spelled out in advance the summary plan descriptions for these two plans and subject to the determinations and rules of the time of payment. insuring companies. An employee must be employed by the Township for ninety (d90) The parties agree that both calendar days to be eligible for short-term disability and long-term disability benefits are available at the option of the employeebenefits. The parties further agree that nothing in this Section shall diminish in any way the benefits currently available to employees under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. An employee shall not accrue either PTO or vacation time while on either short-term or long-term disability leave. (e) Once an employee is receiving short-term/long-term disability benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illnessmonths, then the employee shall no longer be an employee of Clinton Township entitled to employment benefits with the Employer regardless of the fact that there are sick days paid time off days, banked sick days personal days, and vacation days not usedused and the employee’s employment relationship shall cease. This provision does not prevent the employee from requesting a leave of absence from the Township. Upon termination, the employee will be reimbursed for each bank sick day at ½ day’s pay, and the vacation will be paid at the rate of pay in effect at the time the disability was applied for. The parties agree that once the employee goes on disability and a new employee is hired, that new employee will be notified by the Township that the employment will be subject to the return of the disabled employee. Once the employee qualifies for disability benefits, the Township shall maintain and provide the employee’s hospital, medical, life, dental and optical insurance for the employment period. The employee may purchase pension service credit and retiree health care credit for the short-term disability period only. The employee shall accrue sick leave and personal leave during short-term disability only. The employee shall not accrue vacation time while on either short or long-term disability leave. Vacation accrual eligibility for months partially worked while on disability leave shall be determined by MERS rules for pension credit eligibility. These benefits shall not extend beyond twelve (12) months of the date of eligibility for disability which constitutes the employment period.

Short and Long Term Disability. (a) The Township shall will provide bargaining unit members the employees with a shortshort term-long term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six benefits in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of salarySummary Plan Description in the Human Resources Office except as modified by this Collective Bargaining Agreement. The short-short term disability waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar daydays, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. Short-term disability In these instances the benefit shall continue until one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days from date or injury or illnessbegin on the first day of disability. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the employee hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-short term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits which shall provide sixty percent (60%) is 66 2/3% of an employee’s base salary after pay for a waiting period of oneup to twenty-hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in accord with six weeks. If the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Department, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long term benefits policy shall be given to the Union and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. (b) If an employee is absent from work because of injury or sicknessstill disabled after twenty-six weeks, he/she shall have the option of first using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation days, and compensatory days before applying for the benefits under the short-term disability program. Once the said employee applies and qualifies for short-term disability benefits, he/she shall not have the right to draw on paid time off, vacation days or compensatory days for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. (c) Once an employee qualifies be eligible for long-term disability benefits, the employer . Said benefit shall maintain the hospital, medical, life, dental, be 60% of base pay and optical insurance available pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall be paid for a period not to exceed a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, provided date that the employee funds his/her cost of maintaining such insurance would otherwise be able to retire. The rules regarding these benefits are spelled out in advance the summary plan descriptions for these two plans and subject to the determinations and rules of the time of payment. insuring companies. An employee must be employed by the Township for ninety (d90) The parties agree that both calendar days to be eligible for short-term disability and long-term disability benefits are available at the option of the employeebenefits. The parties further agree that nothing in this Section shall diminish in any way the benefits currently available to employees under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. An employee shall not accrue either PTO or vacation time while on either short-term or long-term disability leave. (e) Once an employee is receiving short-term/long-term disability benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illnessmonths, then the employee shall no longer be an employee of Clinton Township entitled to employment benefits with the Employer regardless of the fact that there are sick days paid time off days, banked sick days personal days, and vacation days not usedused and the employee’s employment relationship shall cease. This provision does not prevent the employee from requesting a leave of absence from the Township. Upon termination, the employee will be reimbursed for each bank sick day at ½ day’s pay, and the vacation will be paid at the rate of pay in effect at the time the disability was applied for. The parties agree that once the employee goes on disability and a new employee is hired, that new employee will be notified by the Township that the employment will be subject to the return of the disabled employee. Once the employee qualifies for disability benefits, the Township shall maintain and provide the employee’s hospital, medical, life, dental and optical insurance for the employment period. The employee shall accrue sick leave and personal leave during short-term disability only. The employee shall not accrue vacation time while on either short or long-term disability leave. Vacation accrual eligibility for months partially worked while on disability leave shall be determined by MERS rules for pension credit eligibility. These benefits shall not extend beyond twelve (12) months of the date of eligibility for disability which constitutes the employment period.

Short and Long Term Disability. (a) The Township shall provide bargaining unit members with a short-term disability benefit which shall provide sixty-six and two-thirds (66-2/3%) percent of salary. The short-term disability waiting period shall be seven (7) calendar day, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. Short-term disability shall continue until one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days from date or injury or illness. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the employee hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance at the same benefit level being provided to the collective bargaining group. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-term disability benefits which shall provide sixty percent (60%) of an employee’s base salary after a waiting period of one-hundred and eighty (180) calendar days, in accord with the benefits of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources Department, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreement. The benefits of the above plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both parties. A copy of the long term benefits policy shall be given to the Union and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. (b) If an employee is absent from work because of injury or sickness, he/she shall have the option of first using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation days, and compensatory days before applying for the benefits under the short-term disability program. Once the said employee applies and qualifies for short-term disability benefits, he/she shall not have the right to draw on paid time off, vacation days or compensatory days for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. However, at the conclusion of the short term disability period and before the commencement of the long-term disability, the employee again shall have the option of using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation days and compensatory days before applying for long-term disability benefits. (c) Once an employee qualifies for long-term disability benefits, the employer shall maintain the hospital, medical, life, dental, and optical insurance available pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement for a period not to exceed a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, provided the employee funds his/her cost of maintaining such insurance benefits in advance of the time of payment. (d) The parties agree that both short-term and long-term disability benefits are available at the option of the employee. The parties further agree that nothing in this Section shall diminish in any way the benefits currently available to employees under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. An employee shall not accrue either PTO or vacation time while on either short-term or long-term disability leave. (e) Once an employee is receiving short-term/long-term disability benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, then the employee shall no longer be an employee of Clinton Township regardless of the fact that there are sick days paid time off days, banked sick days and vacation days not used.

Short and Long Term Disability. (a) The parties agree upon ratification of this Agreement the Township shall provide bargaining unit members Employees with a short-short term disability benefit which shall provide sixtyequal Sixty-six Six and twoTwo-thirds Thirds percent (66-66 2/3%) percent of salary. The short-term disability the Employee's base salary beginning after a waiting period shall be seven of Thirty (730) calendar day, except when an employee is hospitalized or when the employee is disabled from work due to outpatient surgery. Shortdays and continuing until One-term disability shall continue until one-hundred eighty Hundred and Eighty (180) calendar days from date or injury or illnesswhen the Employee was first absent from work. The Township agrees to maintain and provide at no cost to the employee Employee hospital, medical, life, dental, dental and optical insurance insurances at the same benefit level being provided to the bargaining unit pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining groupagreement. This coverage shall be maintained during the waiting period as well as through the short-short term disability benefit period. The Township shall also provide long-long term disability benefits which shall provide sixty Sixty percent (60%) of an employee’s the Employee's base salary after a waiting period of oneOne-hundred and eighty (180Eighty 9180) calendar days, in accord with the benefits provisions of the Insurance Policy and Summary Plan Description in the Human Resources DepartmentDescription, except as modified by this collective bargaining agreementAgreement. The benefits of the above plan Plan shall not be diminished without the mutual agreement of both the parties. A copy of the long term disability benefits policy shall be plan has been given to the Union secretary and is available for examination in the Human Resources Department. (b) If an employee Employee is absent from work because of injury illness or sicknessinjury, he/she the Employee shall have the option of first using paid time off and/or bank sick days, vacation personal days, vacation days and compensatory days / or time trade before applying for the benefits under the short-short term disability programbenefits. Once the said employee Employee applies and qualifies for short-short term disability benefits, he/she shall the Employee will not have the right to draw on paid time offsick days, personal days, vacation days or compensatory days time trade for any injury or illness arising out of the same cause for which the disability benefit originated. However, at the conclusion of the short term disability period (One-Hundred and Eighty (180) days from when the Employee was absent from work due the injury or illness) and before the commencement of long term disability benefits, the Employee again shall have the option of using sick days, personal days, vacation days and/or time trades. (c) Once an employee Employee qualifies for long-long term disability benefits, the employer shall maintain Township will pay the premium for the hospital, medical, life, dental, dental and optical insurance insurances available pursuant to the terms of the collective bargaining agreement for a period not to exceed a period Six (6) months. This provision shall not diminish the length of twelve (12) months from time the time of initial injury/illnessTownship is required to supply CORBA benefits, provided it being the employee funds his/her cost of maintaining such insurance benefits in advance understanding of the time of paymentparties that CORBA benefits are available to an Employee and commence once the Township ceases to provide the insurance benefits. (d) The parties agree that both short-short term and long-long term disability benefits are available at the option of the employeeEmployee. The parties further agree that nothing in this Section shall diminish in any way the benefits currently available to employees Employee under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. An employee shall , including but not accrue either PTO or vacation time while on either short-term or long-term disability leavelimited to Sections 1 through 5 above. (e) Once an employee is receiving short-term/long-term disability benefits for a period of twelve (12) months from the time of initial injury/illness, then the employee shall no longer be an employee of Clinton Township regardless of the fact that there are sick days paid time off days, banked sick days and vacation days not used.