This PML is superseded by the HR Manual and is no longer active.
PML Number
1988-002
Title
Nonindustrial Disability Insurance/Return to Partial Work Status 
Supersedes Management Memorandum 86-27-1
Date Issued
March 8, 1988
Owner
Personnel Services Branch
Contact
Diane Navarro
Personnel Services Branch
(916) 324-0439
Signed By
R. L. Rutherford, Manager
Content
Agreements between the State and the exclusive representatives for Civil Service Bargaining Units 01, 02, 03, 04, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, and 20 provide that an employee receiving Nonindustrial Disability Insurance (NDI) benefits, may at the department's discretion, and upon medical certification, return to partial work as long as the NDI benefit plus the partial payment does not exceed 100% of the employee's regular full pay. 

Additionally, nonrepresented employees and employees in Bargaining Units where the  NDI contract provision is silent are also eligible under Government Code Section 19879.1(b)(5).

To assist departments in determining the maximum number of hours an employee could work and still be eligible for NDI, the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) issued Management Memorandum 86-27-1 on October 14, 1986.  Management Memo 86-27-1 provided a formula to calculate the maximum number of hours an employee could work per day and continue to receive NDI benefits.  This formula was to be used after the employee had been released to partial work status.  If the number of hours an employee worked exceeded the amount allowed by the formula, the NDI benefit was disallowed.

Based on a review of the Memoranda of Understanding and Government Code Section 19879.1(b)(5), we are superseding Management Memo 86-27-1 to allow an employee to work as many hours as approved by medical certification and continue to receive NDI compensation.  If the NDI benefit plus the employee's partial work payment exceed 100% of the employee's regular full pay, the NDI benefit shall be reduced such that the total equals the employee's regular full pay.

If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, you may call Diane Navarro, on (916) 324-0439, (ATSS) 454-0439.