3.10.3 Faculty Short-Term Disability

The College provides eligible faculty members salary continuation for up to 180 calendar days as protection against income loss due to an extended illness or injury. Eligible faculty are those hired with the expectation they will work for a full academic year and are at least .75 FTE. Disability is defined as being unable to perform with reasonable continuity the essential duties of the employee’s own occupation or a comparable position. For further information, contact the Office of Human Resources.

Long-Term Disability The College provides long-term disability benefits for faculty who are at least .75 FTE. If, after six months, an employee continues to be unable to work because of injury or illness, long-term disability insurance may provide a salary continuation benefit of 60 percent of base salary and a pension continuation benefit of 10 percent of base salary. Both of these benefits will be paid directly to the employee. For more details, contact the Office of Human Resources.

Supplemental Medical Insurance The College contributes toward the cost of supplemental medical insurance for retired faculty who are enrolled in Medicare Parts A and B and who have at least five consecutive years of full-time service at the College, and are part of the group medical plan at the time eligibility is established. Retirees must participate in the College’s active group medical plan, which includes COBRA enrollment, until they are eligible for Medicare Parts A and B. Faculty enrolled in Medicare Supplemental or Medicare Plus may enroll their spouses at their own expense. For more information, contact the Office of Human Resources.

Approved by the Executive Officers May 17, 2002