Disability Insurance

The mandate of the Disability Insurance Program is to promote issues related to disability insurance and represent the interests of PSAC members through the provision of advice, representation and technical assistance to elected officers, staff and PSAC members regarding the interpretation and application of public and private disability insurance arrangements.

The program involves a wide range of subject matter including health/medicine, rehabilitation, compensation, legislation, stress and mental health, duty to accommodate, disability management, insurance practices, financial principles and so on.

The Disability Insurance Program does not operate in accordance with any specific mandate from the PSAC Constitution, National Board of Directors (NBOD) or the Alliance Executive Committee (AEC).

However, the Disability Insurance Plan Board of Management, of which the PSAC Program Officer is a member, is a sub-committee of the National Joint Council which, in turn, is the assigned responsibility of an AEC Officer.

August 2, 2006

Important information for PSAC members who have received Sun Life rehabilitation income benefits

Disabled members who have participated in an approved rehabilitation program and who have worked less than full-time and received rehabilitation income benefits from Sun Life are eligible to have their cases reviewed if they were penalized when they received retroactive pay as a result of wage increases negotiated by their union. Read the details.