Indiana Administrative Code
Title 31 - STATE PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
Article 5 - STATE EMPLOYEES
Rule 9 - Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Section 9-2 - Short term disability; elimination period
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 4-15-2.2-19; IC 5-10-8-7
Affected: IC 4-15; IC 22-3-2
Sec. 2.
To be eligible for short term disability benefits, an employee must be absent from work for an elimination period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days. Authorization for absence and salary continuation during the elimination period is sought under the rules relating to:
(1) vacation leave;
(2) sick leave;
(3) personal leave;
(4) compensatory time;
(5) previously accrued special sick leave;
(6) new parent leave;
(7) leave without pay; or
(8) worker's compensation.
The employee may choose the order in which vacation leave, sick leave, personal leave, or compensatory time is charged during the elimination period. On the thirty-first calendar day of an absence due to disability, the employee becomes eligible for short term disability benefits.