                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SHORT-TERM DISABILITY BENEFIT (§ 51.1-1110)

A. Except as provided in subsection D of &#xA7; 51.1-1103, short-term disability
benefits for participating employees shall commence upon the expiration of a
seven-calendar-day waiting period. The waiting period shall commence the first
day of a disability or of maternity leave. If an employee returns to work for
one day or less during the seven-calendar-day waiting period but cannot continue
to work, the periods worked shall not be considered to have interrupted the
seven-calendar-day waiting period. Additionally, the seven-calendar-day waiting
period shall not be considered to be interrupted if the employee works 20 hours
or less during the waiting period. Short-term disability benefits payable as the
result of a catastrophic disability or major chronic condition shall not require
a waiting period.

B. Except as provided in subsections C and E of this section and &#xA7;
51.1-1131, short-term disability coverage shall provide income replacement for a
percentage of a participating employee&#8217;s creditable compensation during
the period specified below that an employee is disabled, on maternity leave, or
takes periodic absences due to a major chronic condition, as determined by the
Board or its designee, based on the number of months of state service as an
eligible employee, as follows:
			a
			Work days of 100%
			Work days of 80%
			Work days of 60%
			b
			Months of
			replacement of
			replacement of
			replacement of
			c
			state service
			creditable compensation
			creditable compensation
			creditable compensation
			d
			Less than 60
			5
			20
			100
			e
			60 to 119
			25
			25
			75
			f
			120 to 179
			25
			50
			50
			g
			180 or more
			25
			75
			25

C. For all eligible employees commencing employment or reemployment on or after
July 1, 2009, except as provided in subsections B and E of this section and
&#xA7; 51.1-1131, short-term disability coverage shall provide income
replacement for (i) 60 percent of a participating employee&#8217;s creditable
compensation for the first 60 months of continuous state service after
employment or reemployment and (ii) thereafter, a percentage of a participating
employee&#8217;s creditable compensation during the periods that he is disabled,
on maternity leave, or takes periodic absences due to a major chronic condition,
based on the number of months of continuous state service, as determined by the
Board or its designee, as follows:
			a
			Work days of 100%
			Work days of 80%
			Work days of 60%
			b
			Months of
			replacement of
			replacement of
			replacement of
			c
			state service
			creditable compensation
			creditable compensation
			creditable compensation
			d
			60 to 119
			25
			25
			75
			e
			120 to 179
			25
			50
			50
			f
			180 or more
			25
			75
			25

D. Creditable compensation during periods an employee receives short-term
disability benefits shall include general salary increases awarded during the
period of short-term disability coverage.

E. An employee&#8217;s disability credits may be used, on a day for day basis,
to extend the period an employee receives short-term disability benefits paid at
100 percent of replacement of creditable compensation.

F. Short-term disability benefits shall be payable only during periods of (i)
total disability, (ii) partial disability, (iii) maternity leave, or (iv)
periodic absences due to a major chronic condition as defined by the Board or
its designee.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 774; 1999, c. 144; 2000, c. 889; 2004, c. 1019; 2010, c. 750;
2012, c. 417.