If your illness or injury is non-work related
For non-work-related illnesses or injuries, STD benefits equal a percentage of your base pay based on your years of credited service*. The maximum total benefit period is 26 weeks per year. Here’s the schedule for non-work-related short-term disability (STD) benefits:
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Less than 6
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6
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20
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At least 6 but less than 7
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7
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19
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7 but less than 8
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8
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18
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8 but less than 9
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9
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17
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9 but less than 10
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10
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16
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10 but less than 11
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12
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14
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11 but less than 12
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14
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12
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12 but less than 13
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16
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10
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13 but less than 14
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18
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8
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14 but less than 15
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20
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6
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15 or more
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22
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4
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Benefits are based on a calendar year. This means you are eligible for up to 26 weeks of STD benefits on the first workday in January. If you are not actively at work, you are eligible for up to 26 weeks of STD benefits once you return to work.
STD benefits are described in hours and weeks based on a traditional full-time five-day per week eight-hour per day schedule. Part-time employees are eligible for the same number of weeks as full-time employees; hours are based on the normal number of hours per week you are scheduled to work. Anemployee who works an alternative schedule, for example a 4/12 work schedule, may have benefits that differ but are comparable – as determined by the company – to those set out in this summary.
Base pay is your BP salary or straight-time pay, not including overtime, bonuses or incentives.
*Credited service - For the Short-Term Disability (STD) Plan, vacation policy and service awards, the continuous amount of time you have been employed as a full-time, part-time, temporary or term contract employee by BP (or Amoco, ARCO, Vastar or CH-20), from your most recent hire date. Time worked as an occasional employeee is not recognized as credited service. No period of employment before your current period of employment with BP will be included as credited service unless a specific provision has been made, as in connection with the acquisition of another company.
Except for interns/co-ops who return to active pay status from an educational leave of absence, credited service is not adjusted for time spent on an unpaid leave. There is not adjustment to credited service for time worked as a part-time employee. However, any adjustments to credited service dates that were made beofre April 1, 2000 under the previous credited service policy will remain in effect.
Credited service is not the same as "vesting service" under either the BP Employee Savings Plan or the BP Retirement Accumulation Plan.