Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1942 [PAGE 442]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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equal to the Disability Benefit payable hereunder, for any period exceeding sixty (60) days, shall be entitled to Disability Benefits; provided that in the case of an Employee of an Employer other than the State Scientific Surveys disability occurs on or after March I, 1942, and in the case of an Employee of the State Scientific Surveys disability occurs on or after September i, 1043. Disability Benefits shall begin to accrue on the sixty-first (61st) day following the date upon which disability was incurred, unless a written application therefor is not received by the Board within thirty (30) days of such accrual date in which event benefits shall begin to accrue on the date thirty (30) days prior to the receipt of such application. Disability Benefits shall continue until ( a ) disability ceases, (b) Earnings in excess of the payments of Disability Benefits again become payable, (c) refusal of the disabled Employee to submit to a reasonable physical examination by any physician approved by the Board, ( d ) refusal of the disabled Employee to accept any position, assigned in good faith by an Employer, the duties of which could reasonably be performed by the Employee and the Earnings of which would be at least equal to the Disability Benefit payable hereunder, (e) attainment of the age at which the Employee would immediately be entitled upon termination of employment to a Retirement Annuity of at least fifty percent (50%) of the rate of Earnings upon which the Disability Benefit is based, or (f) the total amount of Disability Benefits paid to any disabled Employee shall equal fifty percent (50%) of the total Earnings of such disabled Employee during the period of service credited under this System at the time. A Participating Employee shall be considered disabled only during the period for which the Board shall have received ( a ) a written certificate by at least two (2) licensed and practicing physicians appointed by the Board indicating that the Employee is disabled and unable to reasonably perform the duties of the position assigned to such Employee by the Employer and (b) a written certificate by the Employer that such Employee is in the employment of the Employer and will be returned to active duty if and when the disability ceases, that such Employee is disabled and as a consequence is unable to perform the duties of any assigned position the Earnings of which are in excess of the Disability Benefits payable hereunder, and that the disability is not a result of a mental or physical condition of the Employee existing at the first date of participation of such Employee in this System. T h e amount of any Disability Benefit shall be fifty percent (50%) of the Earnings which would have been paid to the Employee had such Employee continued in Service for the entire period during which Disability Benefits are payable upon the assumption that the rate of Earnings during this entire period is equal to the rate of Earnings of the Employee at the time disability occurred ; provided that in no event shall such amount exceed the amount which would have been paid had the rate of payment been the maximum amount fixed for retirement applicable to the position held by such Employee in any retirement plan in operation by any Employer at the time of approval of this Act; and provided that if any Earnings, any Workmen's Compensation payments, or any Salary for services currently performed for the State or any agency (hereof are received hy the Employee during any period for which such Disability Benefits are payable, the amount payable by this System shall be reduced hy the amount of such Earnings. Workmen's Compensation, or Salary payments. All Disability Benefits shall be paid once a month as of the end of each calendar month during which such payments accrue. Payments for fractional parts of a month shall be determined by prorating the total amount payable for the full month on the basis of days elapsing during such month. In addition to the Disability Benefits payable to any disabled Employee, an additional amount equal to the excess of the Normal Contributions which would have been made by such Employee during the period for which Disability Benefits are payable, on the basis of the rate of Earnings at the time disability occurred, over the actual Normal Contributions made by such Employee, if any, during such period, shall be credited to the account of such Employee as though such amount were a Normal Contribution of the Employee for such period.