Ordinary Disability Benefit
Amount
Ordinary disability provides a benefit payment equal to 50% of salary at the date of actual disability.
Benefit
Calculating Your Start Date
The benefit payment for an approved application commences after the first 30 days of disability, provided you are then in a "no pay" status with your employer. If you remain in a "pay" status beyond the first 30 days, the disability benefit will commence the first date following the last date paid.
Generally, in accordance with County policy, you are required to use all accrued paid leave (sick, personal and vacation) before any disability benefit payment can be made.
Maximum Eligibility
Eligible employees are entitled to receive disability benefits for a period equal to one quarter of the length of their service credit, not to exceed a period of 5 years.
Maternity Leave
In accordance with County policy, those planning to take ordinary disability for maternity leave have the option to waive the County requirement that all accrued paid leave (sick, personal and vacation) must be used before receiving an ordinary disability benefit.
Application Timing
An application must be made while the disability exists, unless the Board finds reasonable cause for delay in filing.
Generally, the benefit payment can begin no sooner than 30 days prior to the date of application, unless the Board finds reasonable cause for delay in filing.
Once you submit your application, you are allowed 90 days to submit all supporting documentation for your application. If documentation is not received within the requested 90 days, an additional 30 days extension may be granted. Failure to complete an application in a timely fashion will result in a recommendation to the Board for a denial of benefit.
Special Service Limitations
Any employee who has voluntarily or involuntarily separated from service for any reason and is, therefore, absent from employment with the County for 60 days or more, who then re-enters service subsequent to such absence is not entitled to ordinary disability until he/she renders at least 6 months of continuous service.
Disability must NOT have commenced during any "absence from duty" other than paid leave.