Section 31 IAC 5-9-27 - Partial disabilityAuthority: IC 4-15-2.2-19; IC 5-10-8-7
Affected: IC 4-15; IC 22-3-2
Sec. 27.
(a) Short term and long term disability benefits are paid only if the disability does not permit an employee to perform any other job assignment and an appointing authority does not assign duties the employee is physically capable of performing, under the determinations made in sections 16 and 17 of this rule.(b) An employee unable to do their regular job, but returns to work and performs any job assignment, is entitled to eighty percent (80%) of their base biweekly wage or the minimum hourly rate for services performed, whichever is greater.(c) An employee who refuses an appropriate temporary assignment shall be terminated from employment, and benefits under this rule shall end.State Personnel Department; 31 IAC 5-9-27; filed May 10, 2012, 2:32 p.m.: 20120606-IR-031110446FRAReadopted filed 6/1/2018, 9:50 a.m.: 20180627-IR-031180194RFAFiled 8/19/2024, 5:25 p.m.: 20240918-IR-031240179FRA