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Petitioners also maintain that Mr. Crandall's payroll stubs
from Kodak evidence employee contributions to the Plan. Copies
of a sampling of Mr. Crandall's payroll stubs issued by Kodak
during his period of active employment show that 60 cents was
deducted from his weekly earnings for "Disability." However, the
employee handbook indicates that the weekly deductions of 60
cents from Mr. Crandall's earnings were for Kodak's short-term
Sickness Allowance Plan, not the Kodak LTD Plan. According to
the employee handbook, the Kodak Sickness Allowance Plan (KSAP)
is a short-term benefits plan covering all employees. For
employees with less than 15 years of service, such as Mr.
Crandall, the KSAP provides continuation of an employee's full
base pay for a period of 26 weeks while the employee is unable to
work because of sickness, injury, or disability.1 The employee
handbook states that "Kodak pays for the cost of the plan [KSAP],
however, during [an employee's] first three years of coverage,
[the employee] contribute[s] 60 cents per week through payroll
deduction." The corporate documents available to us demonstrate
that the 60-cent payroll deductions that Mr. Crandall incurred,
until he became disabled in October 1986, were for the short term
coverage. Stipulated correspondence demonstrates that such was
the administrative construction of the plan.
1 Mr. Crandall's long term disability benefits began
approximately 23 weeks after the last date he worked at Kodak.
(Oct. 17, 1986 to Mar. 31, 1987 = 165 days or 23.57 weeks).
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