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If a participating employee, after receiving short-term disability benefits, immediately returns to work for less than 45 consecutive calendar days and cannot continue to work, the days worked shall be deemed to have interrupted the short-term disability benefits period, and such days worked shall not be counted for purposes of determining the maximum period for which the participating employee is eligible to receive short-term disability benefits. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the employee’s return to work.B\n\nIf a participating employee returns to his position on an active employment basis for 45 consecutive calendar days or longer, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of short-term disability.C\n\nThe period of 45 days referred to in subsections A and B shall be consecutive calendar days that the participating employee is (i) actively at work and (ii) fully released to return to work full time, full duty. The Retirement System shall develop policies and procedures to administer the effects of the 45-day period in connection with participants who are deemed to have a major chronic condition.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":297760,"text":"A participating employee’s disability which is related or due to the same cause or causes as a prior disability for which short-term disability benefits were paid shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability if the employee returns to his position on an active employment basis for less than 45 consecutive calendar days. 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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter 750<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":235519,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83085,"identifier":"51.1-1111","token":"51.1\/11\/3\/51.1-1111","url":"\/51.1-1111\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1111\/","token":"51.1\/11\/3\/51.1-1111","dublin_core":{"Title":"Successive periods of short-term disability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1111","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A participating employee<\/span>’s disability which is related or due to the same cause or causes as a prior disability for which short-term disability benefits<\/span> were paid shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability if the employee returns to his position on an active employment basis for less than 45 consecutive calendar days. If a participating employee<\/span>, after receiving short-term disability benefits<\/span>, immediately returns to work for less than 45 consecutive calendar days and cannot continue to work, the days worked shall be deemed to have interrupted the short-term disability benefits<\/span> period, and such days worked shall not be counted for purposes of determining the maximum period for which the participating employee<\/span> is eligible to receive short-term disability benefits<\/span>. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational, rehabilitation, or return-to-work programs<\/span> shall not be counted in determining the duration of the period of the employee’s return to work. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a participating employee<\/span> returns to his position on an active employment basis for 45 consecutive calendar days or longer, any succeeding period of disability shall constitute a new period of short-term disability. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The period of 45 days referred to in subsections A and B shall be consecutive calendar days that the participating employee<\/span> is (i) actively at work and (ii) fully released to return to work full time, full duty. The Retirement System shall develop policies and procedures to administer the effects of the 45-day period in connection with participants who are deemed to have a major chronic condition. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSUCCESSIVE PERIODS OF SHORT-TERM DISABILITY (\u00a7 51.1-1111)\n\nA. A participating employee’s disability which is related or due to the\nsame cause or causes as a prior disability for which short-term disability\nbenefits were paid shall be deemed to be a continuation of the prior disability\nif the employee returns to his position on an active employment basis for less\nthan 45 consecutive calendar days. If a participating employee, after receiving\nshort-term disability benefits, immediately returns to work for less than 45\nconsecutive calendar days and cannot continue to work, the days worked shall be\ndeemed to have interrupted the short-term disability benefits period, and such\ndays worked shall not be counted for purposes of determining the maximum period\nfor which the participating employee is eligible to receive short-term\ndisability benefits. Days of work arranged pursuant to vocational,\nrehabilitation, or return-to-work programs shall not be counted in determining\nthe duration of the period of the employee’s return to work.\n\nB. If a participating employee returns to his position on an active employment\nbasis for 45 consecutive calendar days or longer, any succeeding period of\ndisability shall constitute a new period of short-term disability.\n\nC. The period of 45 days referred to in subsections A and B shall be consecutive\ncalendar days that the participating employee is (i) actively at work and (ii)\nfully released to return to work full time, full duty. The Retirement System\nshall develop policies and procedures to administer the effects of the 45-day\nperiod in connection with participants who are deemed to have a major chronic\ncondition.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 2010, c. 750.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}