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6.9 Disability Insurance Coverage for Faculty

The University provides disability insurance coverage at no cost for full-time continuing faculty members. The plan protects eligible faculty members against total loss of income due to a long-term disability from illness or injury by providing payments beginning after all medical leave is taken or after 90 days of disability, whichever is first. The plan is designed to augment the University’s medical leave program. Faculty members may continue health and life insurance through self-payment of the premium.

One year of employment at Willamette is required prior to eligibility for the program. A new employee covered by long-term disability at a previous institution is admitted to the program without the one-year waiting period. The eligible faculty member will receive compensation at 60 percent of monthly salary not to exceed a benefit of $4,500, less the sum of the benefits received from other deductible sources of income, i.e. Social Security, workers’ compensation, etc. University-paid benefits are available on a self-pay basis. Long Term Disability insurance payments are provided as long as the faculty member is disabled or until the employee reaches age 65. A copy of the policy is available in the Human Resources Office.