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ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1189 (SHORT TERM DISABILITY)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Orland Park, Cook and Will Counties, Illinois, that effective January 1, 2012, Ordinance Number 1189, Short Term Disability, passed July 12, 1982, be amended in its entirety to provide as follows:
SECTION 1
A short term disability salary protection plan (the “Plan”) as hereinafter set forth be and the same is hereby established for full-time employees of the Village of Orland Park, Illinois.
SECTION 2
Commencing January 1, 2012, the Village of Orland Park, Illinois, will guarantee 75% of a full-time employee’s weekly salary, except as hereinafter provided for certain police department personnel. Said guarantee shall be, however, coordinated with other benefits available to the full-time employee from disability plans to which the Village makes contributions, to-wit:
1. The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
2. Worker’s Compensation
3. Federal Social Security
4. Police Pension Fund of the Village of Orland Park, Illinois
SECTION 3
A full-time employee, for the purposes of the Plan, shall be an active employee whose employment requires 40 work hours per week and who has worked for the Village for a period encompassing 180 consecutive days. The Village reserves the right to contract with any insurance carrier to provide part or all of the short-term disability benefits described herein.
SECTION 4
An employee is considered disabled if medical documentation supports that determination and said employee is unable to perform the duties of any position which might reasonably be assigned by the Department Director of the employee or by the Village Manager.
SECTION 5
A full-time employee entitled to benefits under the Plan shall make application on a form or forms to be provided by the Human Resources Office of the Village or the Short-Term Disability Administrator and follow the claims administration procedures set forth by the Administrator. An application shall be supported by medical reports. The Human Resources Office of the Village shall administer the Plan herein established and may use the services of a third party Short-Term Disability Administrator. Periodic medical reports shall be required to determine if the employee continues to be disabled. The employee entitled to benefits shall also make application for such disability benefits as are available from the above cited sources, whichever is applicable.
SECTION 6
Payment of the benefits hereunder shall commence immediately in the case of an accident and after seven (7) days in the case of illness. The maximum period of payment of benefits hereunder shall be 26 weeks. Any employee receiving benefits from gainful employment from the Village or any other source shall not be considered disabled and eligible for benefits hereunder.
SECTION 7
An employee may choose to use sick days, vacation days or other accrued paid time off at 100% of his/her salary in lieu of disability payments of 75%. If an employee exercises such option, disability payments may commence when the employee’s sick days, vacation days or other accrued paid time off have been exhausted, provided that one (1) week has elapsed in the case of an illness.
SECTION 8
Disability compensation for police personnel falling within the provisions of the Public Employee Disability Act, Chapter 5, Act 345, Section 0.01, et seq., as said statute may subsequently be supplemented or amended, shall be as therein provided and no provisions of this Ordinance shall be construed as in any way modifying the provisions of said statute.
SECTION 9
If any employee receives benefits from gainful employment from any other source while receiving short-term disability benefits under the Plan, said employee shall cease to be entitled to receive any further benefits under the Plan.
SECTION 10
That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict.
SECTION 11
That this Ordinance shall become and be effective from and after January 1, 2012, following its passage and approval as provided by law.