Overview
The Short-Term Disability Plan is intended to provide an income replacement benefit to assist employers with expenses incurred if you are unable to work due to a short-term disability. To qualify, you must be an Active participant in the Clergy Pension Plan immediately prior to the time you become disabled (as defined below), your physician must certify that you are disabled, and CPF’s Medical Board, designated as Aflac, must also concur. CPF may require that any determination of disability be made by an appropriate provider of CPF’s choosing and at CPF’s expense. CPF may also require that you receive regular and appropriate care from a qualified health care provider in order to continue to be considered disabled.
You will be considered disabled if you are unable to perform (or are limited in performing) the material and substantial duties of your own job for more than 14 calendar days due to illness or injury. (This 14-day period is referred to as an elimination period.) Interpersonal conflicts or environmental or other hazards in the workplace will not be a factor considered when determining whether you can perform your own job. You also will be considered disabled if you give birth to a child. (There is no elimination period if your disability is due to childbirth.)
Once approved for short-term disability, your employer will receive the benefits described below, but only if your employer continues to provide you with 100% of your compensation and benefits, including paying Assessments to CPF, that it was providing prior to your disability.