The Temporary Disability (td) payments are paid directly to the employee by Sedgwick CMS, the University's Workers' Compensation claims management service. These payments are intended to partially replace salary lost when a work-related injury or illness causes an employee to be absent from work. Employees currently receive two-thirds of their weekly salary up to a certain maximum weekly benefit from Workers' Compensation. For injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2003 the maximum benefit is $602 per week. There is also a minimum weekly benefit of either $126 per week, or actual wages if less. Temporary Disability payments are made directly to the employee by Sedgwick CMS on a bi-weekly basis.

• University Supplement to Temporary Disability
  The University provides a supplement to the employee's td payments in some cases. The University's supplemental payment is the difference between 100% or 80% of the employee's salary and the Sedgwick CMS td benefit payment. Personnel Policies For Staff Members 44 and the Local Supplement of the policy provide the basis on which you will pay the employee while on Workers' Compensation. You are required to read and review this policy carefully. The policy defines the application of sick leave and vacation to the University's td supplement.

This presentation will treat responsibility relative to obtaining written permission from the employee to use the employee's sick leave and/or vacation.

• Temporary Partial Disability (TPD) Payments
  In some cases, an employee will be released to return to work by his or her treating physician on a part-time basis while continuing to receive disability payments from Sedgwick CMS. The Temporary Partial Disability (TPD) payment made by Sedgwick CMS will be two-thirds of the difference between the employee's part-time earnings and the employee's regular earnings, subject to a maximum level of earnings (the maximum is currently set at $735 per week).
• University Supplement to Temporary Partial Disability Payments Personnel Policies For Staff Members 44C provides for an additional University supplement to the Sedgwick CMS TPD payments of up to 80% of basic salary plus shift differential. PPSM 44C states, in part,:

"For any one injury or illness, if the employee has exhausted accrued sick leave, remains disabled, and continues to receive temporary disability payments, the employee shall receive extended sick leave payments in an amount equal to the difference between the temporary disability payments and 80 percent of the employee's basic salary plus any shift differential which the employee would have received. If such an employee returns to part-time University duties, the earnings plus any Workers' Compensation payments, if less than 80 percent of basic salary plus shift differential, shall be supplemented to 80 percent by extended sick leave payments, provided the employee continues to be medically authorized for Workers' Compensation temporary disability. Total extended sick leave payments shall not exceed twenty-six weeks for any one injury or illness."

An employee who has not used all accrued sick leave is entitled to a supplement of up to 100% of basic salary plus shift differential until all accrued sick leave is used. The employee then becomes eligible for twenty-six weeks of 80% Extended Sick Leave supplement as described.