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, the 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 should be sought under the rules relating to:
The employee may choose the order in which vacation, sick leave, personal leave, or compensatory time is charged during the elimination period. On the thirty-first calendar day of absence due to disability, the employee becomes eligible for short-term disability benefits.
31 IAC 5-9-2