Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946 [PAGE 595]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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under the Workmen's Compensation Act, provided that in no case during a period of disability shall total payments exceed the full compensation paid the individual at the time the disability occurred. C. An employee entitled to disability benefits under the University Retirement, System of Illinois may receive from that System only the difference between the benefits available from the Retirement System and the amount paid in accordance with the Workmen's Compensation Act. 2 . Disability from any cause not arising out of and in the course of employment: A. Each full-time, permanent and continuous employee is entitled to a disability leave of two work weeks with pay in each year of service, no part of which shall be cumulative. Any full-time, permanent and continuous employee who is disabled before completing his first year of service will be allowed the same proportionate amount of the two work weeks disability leave as the proportion of the year completed. B. In addition to the leave provided in the preceding paragraph, each full-time, permanent and continuous employee who has served for one full year is entitled to an extended disability leave of one work week for each year of service, cumulative to a total of ten work weeks, which shall be allowed to reaccumulate to this maximum through additional service after being used in part or in full. No reduction shall be made in accumulations for prior service earned before March 1, 1944. C. Disability benefits available to employees shall be used in the following order: (a) the two work weeks disability leave, (b) vacation to which entitled when requested by the employee, (c) extended disability leave, as provided in the preceding paragraph. D. An employee when disabled may continue to receive full pay until the two work weeks disability leave and his accumulated extended disability leave are exhausted. If an employee elects to receive disability benefits under the University Retirement System of Illinois before he has exhausted his extended disability leave, he will receive no payments from the University of Illinois during the period that disability benefits are received from said Retirement System. 3 . Other disability benefits: A. Persons under University Retirement System:* a. All persons permanently and continuously employed by the University and who are 30 years of age or over must become participants in the University Retirement System of Illinois established by a special act of the General Assembly approved July 21, 1941. Persons thus employed who are under the age of 30 may elect to participate. A deduction of $¥2% is made from each payment of salary or wage to every participant in the system. This contribution is placed to the credit of the individual and draws interest * These provisions are summaries of the benefits payable under the University Retirement System Act.