Common use of Term Disability Plan Clause in Contracts

Term Disability Plan. Effective April 1, 2013: The parties agree that long-term health of injured and disabled workers benefits from timely and proactive measures that meet their medical restrictions to keep them working, or results in their early return to work from LTD. To that end, the parties agree that: During the LTD qualifying period, and where employees cannot be accommodated in their own occupation, they may be accommodated into an available comparable position as defined in this section exclusively, where the regularly scheduled hours of work differ by no more than 20% from the regularly scheduled hours of the employee's current position and the hourly wage rate differs by no more than 5% from the hourly wage rate of the employee's current position. However, in the event the employee is unable to continue working in his/her accommodated position, due to the same or related medical condition, the pre-disability position will continue to be applicable for the purpose of adjudication and calculation of any claim for LTD. During the first 19 months of LTD benefits, employees may be accommodated into an available position that is not less than 75% of their pre-disability earnings. However, in the event an employee is unable to continue working in their accommodated position during the 19 month period of benefit entitlement, due to the same or related medical condition, the pre-disability position will continue to be applicable for the purposes of the adjudication and calculation of any claim for LTD during that 19 month period.

Term Disability Plan. Effective April 1, 2013: The parties agree that long-term health of injured and disabled workers benefits from timely and proactive measures that meet their medical restrictions to keep them working, or results in their early return to work from LTD. To that end, the parties agree that: During the LTD qualifying period, and where employees cannot be accommodated in their own occupation, they may be accommodated into an available comparable position as defined in this section exclusively, where the regularly scheduled hours of work differ by no more than 20% from the regularly scheduled hours of the employee's current position and the hourly wage rate differs by no more than 5% from the hourly wage rate of the employee's current position. However, in the event the employee is unable to continue working in his/her accommodated position, due to the same or related medical condition, the pre-disability position will continue to be applicable for the purpose of adjudication and calculation of any claim for LTD. During the first 19 months of LTD benefits, employees may be accommodated into an available position that is not less than 75% of their pre-disability earnings. However, in the event an employee is unable to continue working in their accommodated position during the 19 19-month period of benefit entitlement, due to the same or related medical condition, the pre-disability position will continue to be applicable for the purposes of the adjudication and calculation of any claim for LTD during that 19 19-month period.