Common use of Short Term Disability Benefits Clause in Contracts

Short Term Disability Benefits. 25.1 Active Regular full-time employees with one (1) or more years of service who, during their active employment, are forced to be absent from work because of their own illness or their own injury (excluding occupational injuries compensable under the applicable Worker’s Compensation Act or other laws) will receive the Short Term Disability benefits described in the following paragraphs. 25.1.1 Active Regular Part-time employees with one (1) or more years of service who, during their active employment, are forced to be absent from work because of their own illness or their own injury (excluding occupational injuries compensable under the applicable Worker’s Compensation Act or other laws) will be eligible for Short Term Disability benefits only to the extent required by law. When deemed so eligible, the part-time employee will receive the Short Term Disability benefits described in the following paragraphs, pro-rated on the basis of the employee’s scheduled hours at the time the disability commences. 25.1.2 Employees whose services with the Company are terminated for any reason whatsoever shall have no claim against the Company for any benefits provided in the following paragraphs and the accumulated sick leave and other benefits described hereinafter shall not be considered to constitute any liability on the part of the Company, to such employees, provided, however, that the Company may not discriminate against employees to the extent that an employee might be dismissed solely because the employee intends to apply for such benefits. 25.2 An employee who is unable to work due to personal illness or injury must notify his/her supervisor prior to the start of the shift on each day of absence unless other arrangements have been approved. Employees must also file for disability benefits with the Short Term Disability Administrator (the “Administrator”) after three (3) consecutive scheduled work days of absence, in accordance with the requirements of the Company. 25.3 Short Term Disability benefits will be as follows: 25.3.1 Day one (1) through seven (7) = paid at 75% of their base wages 25.3.2 Day Eight (8) through one hundred and eighty (180) = paid at 100% of their base wages. 25.4 In no event, after application of taxes and State Disability Insurance benefits, will an employee’s combined benefits exceed the net amount payable had the employee worked. Employees who do not claim their available State Disability Insurance benefits will have their net pay reduced by an amount equal to the SDI benefits. 25.5 For the purposes of this Article 25, the following definitions will apply: