Common use of Short Term Disability Payment Clause in Contracts

Short Term Disability Payment. It is understood that in any one (1) calendar year a maximum of seventeen (17) weeks of salary protection shall be available. If a full-time employee is approved for and is off on Short Term Disability, the employee shall be paid for all statutory holidays during the time of illness, according to the formula established under the Short Term Disability Plan. The seventeen (17) weeks of short term disability benefits is not extended as a result of the paid statutory holidays. No statutory holidays are accumulated when on Short Term Disability. In the event an employee drops to seventy percent (70%) earnings, she may, upon her written request, use accumulated vacations or lieu time (overtime/paid holidays) to supplement her seventy percent (70%) earnings to one hundred percent (100%). In the event a full-time employee is on Short Term Disability at the end of a calendar year, Short Term Disability will be carried over into the following year at their current rate of pay until a total of seventeen (17) weeks of continuous absence has occurred. If any full-time employee is on Short Term Disability at December 31st of any year, that employee would not revert to full pay as of January 1st, but would continue on at their current rate of pay until a total of seventeen (17) weeks of continuous absence has occurred, at which point application for Long Term Disability benefits should be made. Should a full-time employee anticipate still being disabled at the expiration of seventeen (17) continuous weeks of Short Term Disability benefits, then an application for Long Term Disability benefits should be initiated six (6) to eight (8) weeks prior to the Long Term Disability eligibility date.