Reemployment – Return from Disability

Effective: Moved to Policy Library from UPM 3.5(1)
Contact: Recruitment and Employment Office

Introduction

An employee who has been separated from employment due to approval for Long Term Disability Insurance program payments maintains rights of reemployment.

Policy Statement

When a former employee, separated due to approval for the Long Term Disability Insurance program has recovered and provides a medical release to return to work, the following conditions apply:

• Tenured or tenure-eligible faculty - full right to return to the department
• Continuous Professional and Scientific (P&S) employees - full right to return to employment with the institution, not necessarily in the same position, subject to availability of a vacant position, at the same or lower pay grade level, for which the employee is qualified
• Merit system employees - reemployment as prescribed in the Board of Regents' Merit System Rules or the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Resources

• Benefits Office
• Collective Bargaining Agreement (AFSCME), Article VI, Section 2H.2 [PDF]
• Merit System Rules, Board of Regents, Section 3.143