North Carolina General Statutes 135-104. Salary continuation
(a) A participant shall receive no benefits from the Plan for a period of 60 continuous calendar days from the onset of disability determined as the last actual day of service, the day of the disabling event if the disabling event occurred on a day other than a normal workday, or the day succeeding at least 365 calendar days after service as a teacher or employee, whichever is later. These 60 continuous calendar days may be considered the waiting period before benefits are payable from the Plan. During this waiting period, a participant may be paid such continuation of salary as provided by an employer through the use of sick leave, vacation leave or any other salary continuation. Any such continuation of salary as provided by an employer shall not include any period a participant or beneficiary is in receipt of Workers’ Compensation benefits.
(b) During the waiting period a participant may return to service for trial rehabilitation for periods of not greater than five continuous days of service. Such return to service will not cause a new waiting period to begin but shall extend the waiting period by the number of days of service. (1987, c. 738, s. 29(q); 1989, c. 717, s. 9; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 779, s. 2.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 135-104
- Benefits: shall mean the monthly disability income payments made pursuant to the provisions of this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Compensation: shall mean any compensation as the term is defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Employee: shall mean any employee as the term is defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Employer: shall mean any employer as the term is defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Participant: shall mean any teacher or employee eligible to participate in the Plan as provided in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Plan: shall mean the Disability Income Plan of North Carolina as provided in this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Service: shall mean service as a teacher or employee as defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Teacher: shall mean any teacher as the term is defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 135-101
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.