Short Term Disability

If you have been benefit eligible for at least a year, the Short Term Disability Plan benefits provide you with 60 percent of your base salary for lost work time for up to 182 days in a calendar year.

You begin to receive STD benefits after a seven-day waiting period that begins the day a health care provider, by physician exam, certifies that the disability has begun. Occupational injuries should be reported to the Workers’ Compensation staff at 1-888-ABSENT8 (888-227-3688) or you may complete the accident/injury report on-line through the Employee Website (intranet).

If you use Short Term Disability benefits, any Paid Time Off you have available must be used to pay yourself during the waiting period before benefits begin. Once you begin receiving Short Term Disability, you must supplement your benefit with payment from your Paid Time Off balance so that the combination of your disability benefits and payments of your Paid Time Off hours approximates, but does not exceed your pre-disability weekly base pay. If you are an employee in a facility located in a state that mandates State Disability benefits, you will first receive your State Disability Benefit.

New for 2011: The coverage level for Short Term Disability will be reduced from 67 percent of base pay to 60 percent of base pay for all new claims beginning in 2011. Claims already in process will continue at the 67 percent level until the claim is closed.

Benefit Summary

Detailed information on this benefit such as eligibility, plan coverage, limitations and contact information can be found in the Time Off Programs Benefit Summary.

Important to Note

This page contains highlights of your Disability Plans. The details of how the disability benefits work are included in the legal documents and contracts that govern how the Plan operates. In the event of a difference between this insert and the legal documents and contracts, the legal documents and contracts will rule. This page does not imply a contract of employment or guarantee of benefits. Banner Health reserves the right to change or discontinue all or part of the Disability Plan benefits at any time for any reason.