40.62 Income continuation insurance benefits.
(1) The group insurance board shall establish an income continuation insurance plan providing for full or partial payment of the financial loss of earnings incurred as a result of injury or illness with separate provisions for short-term insurance with a benefit duration of no more than one year and long-term insurance covering injury or illness of indefinite duration. Employees insured under the plan shall be eligible for benefits upon exhaustion of accumulated sick leave and completion of the elimination period established by the group insurance board.
(1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1), no employee may be required to use more than 130 days of accumulated sick leave unless required to exhaust accumulated sick leave under s. 40.63 (1) (c).
(2) Sick leave accumulation shall be determined in accordance with rules of the department, any collective bargaining agreement under subch. V of ch. 111, and ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 49.825 (4) (d) and (5) (d), 49.826 (4) (d), 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), 757.02 (5) and 978.12 (3).
History: 1981 c. 96; 1987 a. 309; 1989 a. 13, 31; 1995 a. 27; 2009 a. 15, 28; 2011 a. 10, 32; 2013 a. 166.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 40 - Public employee trust fund.
40.015 - Compliance with federal tax laws.
40.04 - Accounts and reserves.
40.05 - Contributions and premiums.
40.08 - Benefit assignments and corrections.
40.21 - Participating employers.
40.22 - Participating employees.
40.27 - Post-retirement adjustments.
40.285 - Purchase of creditable service.
40.29 - Temporary disability; creditable service.
40.30 - Intrastate retirement reciprocity.
40.31 - Maximum benefit limitations.
40.32 - Limitations on contributions.
40.40 - State-federal agreement.
40.513 - Payment of stipend in lieu of health care coverage for state employees.
40.515 - Health savings accounts; high-deductible health plan.
40.55 - Long-term care coverage.
40.56 - Abortion coverage prohibited.
40.61 - Income continuation coverage.
40.62 - Income continuation insurance benefits.
40.65 - Duty disability and death benefits; protective occupation participants.
40.70 - Life insurance coverage.
40.71 - Death benefit eligibility.
40.72 - Life insurance benefits.
40.80 - State deferred compensation plan.
40.81 - Deferred compensation plan authorization.
40.85 - Employee-funded reimbursement account plan.
40.87 - Treatment of compensation.