Local 73 Agreement

ARTICLE XIV    Short-Term Disability (STD)

The University agrees to provide Short-term Disability (STD) coverage for employees with one (1) or more years of continuous service. Following is a general description of the benefits and conditions of this Plan:

1. Any eligible employee who is absent from work because of a non-work connected accident or illness will be entitled to STD benefit payments beginning the fifteenth (15th) day of such absence. Such employees will be required to utilize accrued sick leave during short-term disability; however the employee may retain one (1) week of accrued sick leave for use at a future date.
   
   
2. The benefit payment will be sixty percent (60%) of basic straight-time hourly earnings. Such benefits shall continue so long as the employee is disabled until the end of a thirteen (13) week period that begins with the first day of absence.