Long Term Disability

Use the Long Term Disability application to view an existing record or add a new one.

When do I use the Long Term Disability screen?

You can access this screen from the Benefits Enrollment and Life Events/New Hires processes.  If you access this screen from the Life Events/New Hires application, the Long Term Disability screen displays the current and the new plan coverage amounts, broken out by pay frequency, with hyperlinks to plan information. A Start Date field displays also.

Long Term Disability Insurance

Current Plan

This field displays the long-term disability benefit option.  

If no current plan record exists, the system will display the following message in the Current Plan field: "No Current Record."

Current Coverage Amount

This field displays the benefit coverage amount.

If no current coverage amount record exists, the system will display the following message in the Current Coverage Amount field: "No Current Record."

Current <Frequency>

This field displays the calculated pay period deduction amount for the selected option.  

If no current pay period record exists, the system will display the following message in the Current <Frequency> field: "No Current Record."

The following text will display below the table if negative (cash back) amounts appear in the Current <Frequency> field:  "Negative numbers displayed indicate a "Cash Back" option."

Current Plan Information

This field may display "Website," which is a hyperlink.  Select it to access information relating to the (existing) plan election.

If the current plan has no URL associated with it, "N/A" will display instead.

Current Start Date

This non-editable field displays the start date of the existing plan option.  

The Current Start Date field displays only in the Life Events/New Hires application.

New Plan

Use the drop-down box to choose a benefit option.  The values in the New Coverage Amount, New <Frequency>, and New Plan Information fields are based on your New Plan drop-down box default/selection.  If you change your selection, those values will refresh accordingly.   

New Coverage Amount

The value that displays in this field is based on your selection in the New Plan drop-down box.

New <Frequency>

This field displays the calculated pay period deduction amount for the selected New Plan option.

New Plan Information

This field may display "Website," which is a hyperlink.  Select it to access information relating to the selected New Plan option.

If the current plan has no URL associated with it, "N/A" will display instead.

New Start Date

This non-editable field displays the start date of the benefit plan/coverage option combination. You can view this field only in the Life Events/New Hires application.

Exit Life Event

Select this button to return to the splash screen.

Back

Select this button to return to the previous page.

Come Back Later

Select this button to update the database with a placeholder and proceed to the next screen/page.  Then you can revisit the Life Events/New Hires process to complete the election at a later time.

No Change

Select this button to leave your benefit election(s) "as is" and proceed to the next screen/page.

Save

Select this button to update the database with your changes and proceed to the next screen/page.