Duke Disability: Eligibility
- Temporary employees,
- Non-faculty employees working less than 30 hours per week,
- Faculty who are not full-time,
- Employees covered for other monthly disability income coverage provided by Duke,
- Private Diagnostic Clinic faculty, and
- House Staff Officers, and
- Employees who reside outside of the United States.
If you are a regular, full-time faculty member or a regular, full-time employee scheduled to work at
least 30 hours per week, you are eligible to participate in the Duke Disability Program as of the first
day of the month after the completion of three years of full-time continuous service with Duke.
You also are eligible to participate in the plan as of the first day of the month after your hire date, without
the three-year waiting period if you have had group long term disability coverage (which would
have provided benefits for a minimum of five years) through your former employer within 90 days of
starting your eligible position at Duke. You must provide proper documentation to Duke Benefits.
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