Common use of SICK LEAVE TO BRIDGE LONG TERM DISABILITY WAITING PERIOD Clause in Contracts

SICK LEAVE TO BRIDGE LONG TERM DISABILITY WAITING PERIOD. Boards which have Long Term Disability waiting periods greater than 131 days shall ensure there is language that accords with the following entitlement: An Employee who has applied for long-term disability is eligible for additional short term disability leave days up to the maximum difference between the long-term disability waiting period and 131 days. The additional days shall be payable at 90% and shall be used only to bridge the Employee to the long-term disability waiting period if, under a collective agreement in effect on August 31, 2012, the Employee was required to wait more than 131 days before being eligible for benefits under a Long-Term Disability plan and the collective agreement did not allow the employee the option of reducing that waiting period.

SICK LEAVE TO BRIDGE LONG TERM DISABILITY WAITING PERIOD. (Excerpt from Part A - Central Terms - Letter of Understanding #2) Boards which have Long Term Disability waiting periods greater than 131 days shall ensure there is language that accords with the following entitlement: An Employee who has applied for long-term disability is eligible for additional short term disability leave days up to the maximum difference between the long-term disability waiting period and 131 days. The additional days shall be payable at 90% and shall be used only to bridge the Employee employee to the long-term disability waiting period if, under a collective agreement in effect on August 31, 2012, the Employee employee was required to wait more than 131 days before being eligible for benefits under a Longlong-Term Disability term disability plan and the collective agreement did not allow the employee the option of reducing that waiting period.

SICK LEAVE TO BRIDGE LONG TERM DISABILITY WAITING PERIOD. Boards which have Long Term Disability waiting periods greater than 131 days shall ensure there is language that accords with the following entitlement: An Employee who has applied for long-term disability is eligible for additional short term disability leave days up to the maximum difference between the long-term disability waiting period and 131 days. The additional days shall be payable at 90% and shall be used only to bridge the Employee employee to the long-term disability waiting period if, under a collective agreement in effect on August 31, 2012, the Employee employee was required to wait more than 131 days before being eligible for benefits under a Longlong-Term Disability term disability plan and the collective agreement did not allow the employee the option of reducing that waiting period.