Part Time Staff
Pace University hopes our employees will stay healthy. It is important to know what benefits Pace University provides to protect your income and your family in the event that you are not actively at work due to illness or injury.
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Short Term Disability
Pace University offers eligible part-time staff employees, working in New York State, with Short-Term Disability (STD) benefits through a New York State Mandated DBL plan. Employees are eligible for benefits after working for at least four (4) consecutive weeks. Benefits are payable for any non-work related injury or illness (including disability due to pregnancy) beginning on the 8th consecutive day of disability (including weekends and holidays). Provided that your claim continues to be medically certified by your physician and the short-term disability administrator, benefits are payable for up to 26 weeks within a 52-week period. Benefit payments are equal to 50% of average weekly wages. The current maximum payment amount is $170 per week.
**26 weeks within a 52-week period is the combined maximum duration of the following leaves: Short-Term Disability, New York Paid Family Leave, Workers’ Compensation disability leave.**
Reporting a Short Term Disability Claim Beginning on September 1, 2024
Please contact the University Benefits office, on or before your first day of absence, to discuss the expected duration of your disability leave. In addition, please contact Reliance Matrix at 1 (877) 202-0055, to file a short-term disability claim. To ensure that your claim is processed in a timely manner, please contact Reliance Matrix no later than your seventh consecutive calendar day of absence. Please ensure that your supervisor is notified as well.
- Reliance Matrix - How to File a Leave of Absence or Disability Claim (PDF)
- Reliance Matrix Poster – How to File a Short-Term Disability or FMLA Claim (PDF)
- Employee Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (PDF)
Family and Medical Leave
Part-Time employees are generally not eligible for Family and Medical Leave. Employees are eligible if they have worked for Pace University for at least one year, for 1,250 hours over the previous 12 months, and if at least 50 employees are employed by the employer within 75 miles. If you believe that you are eligible for Family and Medical Leave, please contact the University Benefits office, at benefits@pace.edu, for verification. (If you are eligible for Family and Medical Leave, and a Short-Term Disability claim is medically certified, it will also count as time taken under the Family and Medical Leave Act.)
Employee Rights Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (PDF)
Workers Compensation
**26 weeks within a 52-week period is the combined maximum duration of the following leaves: Short-Term Disability, New York Paid Family Leave, Workers’ Compensation disability leave.**
Workers' Compensation is insurance that provides cash benefits and/or medical care for workers who are injured or become ill as a direct result of their job.
Pace University contributes fully towards this benefit. Weekly cash benefits and medical care are paid by Pace's University's insurance carrier, State Insurance Fund, as directed by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. The Workers' Compensation Board is a state agency that processes the claims and determines, through a judicial proceeding, whether the claim is justified and how much will be awarded.
It is important that you or someone acting on your behalf report any injury on the job within 24 hours to your campus Security Office. Notify the University Benefits Office as well of the incident. It is equally important that your supervisor or department chair be advised of the incident. Responsibility for claiming compensation is on the injured employee. All incidents are to be reported to the Security Office no matter how minor they appear to be. The Security Office then must immediately complete an Incident Report and investigate the incident. The University can refuse to compensate an employee if the incident is not reported in a timely manner.
In addition, injured employees should seek outside medical attention for work related injuries or illness. Worker's Compensation claims can be denied if an injured employee is not diagnosed/treated by a physician that is Board Certified.
Benefits Disclaimer
The HR/Benefits website is intended only to provide information for the guidance of Pace University employees. The writers of the content have exercised their best efforts to ensure accuracy of the information, but accuracy is not guaranteed. If there are any discrepancies between the information on the website, verbal representations and the Plan documents, the Plan documents will always govern. The information is subject to change from time to time, and the University reserves the right to change or terminate these Plans at any time. The information contained on the website is not intended to replace the plan documents, nor is the information in any way intended to imply a contract.