Short Term Disability Insurance

(effective 1/1/07)

The University provides paid short-term and long-term disability to partially replace your income during times of your own illness or accident:

Short-Term Disability (STD):
Lesley University offers a self-insured plan in order to assist with short-term disability needs of all benefits eligible full and part-time employees. Short-term disability (STD) is intended to serve as a bridge between the period when paid time off is exhausted, and when the elimination period for long-term disability ends (usually 90 days from request). Short-term disability applies to non-work related illness, injury or medical condition with an initial expected duration of greater than two consecutive weeks. Short-term disability can be used for an employee illness only. It cannot be used to care for an illness of a family member.

Under this Plan, employees are eligible to apply for up to thirteen weeks of STD benefits but are required to use all accrued sick time prior to going on to Short Term Disability, however the employee has the option of reserving 10 of these accrued sick days for future use. The amount of pay received under this program is tied to years of service:

Service of less than three months: Not eligible for STD
Service of three months or more, but less than 10 years: 60% of base pay
Service of ten to less than 20 years: 80% of base pay
Service of twenty, or more years: 100% of base pay
Base pay does not include overtime, stipends, or bonus.

An employee on Short Term Disability may use unused sick, vacation, and personal time to offset their STD benefit.

Eligibility for Short Term Disability benefit begins after 10 work days of the employee illness as described above. An employee may choose to be paid by using accrued sick, vacation and/or personal time during this 10-day elimination period.

Faculty should consult the Faculty Handbook for information on disability.