Disability Benefits

Types of Benefits Available

There are two types of disability benefits, Duty Disability Benefits and Ordinary Disability Benefits.

In addition to the disability payments to the employee, the City or the Fund contributes 8.5% of the employee’s salary toward your pension. Therefore, the employee’s annuity rights continue to increase as though the individual was working. The City contributes for duty disability periods while the Fund contributes for ordinary disability periods. The 8.5% contributed by the City or the Fund during disability is not refundable and will be used only for annuity purposes.

Employees receiving disability benefits are required to disclose any outside earned income or employment changes. Employment changes not reported to the Fund will affect your future disability, refund or annuity payments.