Short Term Disability payments are fully covered by SLB. Employees are not required to pay premiums for this benefit. STD s a pay continuation benefit should you be unable to perform all of your regular job duties due to a non-work related injury or illness. The STD plan provides you with 100% of your base salary for the first 6 months (26 weeks) of your disability and 80% of your base salary for the remaining period to a maximum of 12 months (27 to 52 weeks).

Legacy SLB field direct employees who receive a larger portion of their compensation as variable pay receive 130% of their base pay for the first 6 months (26 weeks) of disability and 110% of base salary for the remaining period to a maximum of 12 months (27 to 52 weeks).
 

Employee Status	Onset of STD to 26 weeks (max. 6 months)	27 weeks to 52 weeks (max. 12 months)
All Employees	100% of Base Salary	80% of Base Salary
Legacy SLB Field Direct Employees (Operators, Field Specialists, etc.)	130% of Base Salary	110% of Base Salary

While few of us expect to be disabled, a serious illness or injury can happen to anyone. LTD insurance provides income protection if you become unable to work due to a non-work related injury or illness, helping pay for essential expenses such as mortgage or rent, groceries, utilities, and family priorities.

Your amount of coverage is determined by your Eligible Compensation and your LTD Option. If you chose a higher Option, or if your Eligible Compensation is higher, your payroll deduction would be higher.

LTD premiums are employee-paid so that (under Canadian tax rules), benefit payments received during an LTD claim are tax-free. This means that you’ll get to keep more of this income at the time you need it most. See the table below for Your Long-Term Disability Plan* details.

LTD is a mandatory employee benefit. But you can claim paid LTD premiums expenses from your Personal Spending Account should you choose to direct excess flex dollars here.

 

Coverage	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Formula (based on eligible compensation)	45% of first $5.5K, 32% of remainder	55% of first $4K, 42% of remainder	65% of first $2K, 53% of next $5K, 45% of remainder
Indexing (COLA) (up to 3%)	No	No	Yes
Maximum benefit	$15,000 per month
Benefits payable to	Age 65, retirement, recovery, or death (earliest of)

*Your LTD option is locked in and an Evidence of Insurability (EOI) form is required for LTD increases during Annual Enrollment.

SLB Canada is committed to the health and wellbeing of our employees and provides resources and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional health. Our disability management program provides employees with support and resources to help them navigate through this challenging time.

We recognize that recovery looks different for everyone. While on claim Sun Life may work with your medical practitioner(s) and treatment provider(s) on establishing a personal treatment plan. Treatment plans are reviewed on a periodic basis and adjusted as your condition changes. While on claim you may be asked to participate in programs providing you with quicker access to medical specialists or testing in the case of long wait times helping to reduce the duration of your claim.

We do not expect you to work while on disability, except where you’re medically cleared to work on modified duties. We believe that employees who participate in modified work programs recover sooner and return to regular duties faster than those who do not remain connection to their workplace. SLB Canada will look for work opportunities to accommodate your restrictions and limitations to help you connect to the workplace and return to regular duties faster.

Returning to work after an injury or illness can be stressful and not always seamless. Know that you have support available. Reach out your HR representative for more information.

Humanacare – Your Disability Advocate 

SLB Canada provides a disability advocate service through HumanaCare as part of our commitment to ensuring we address your needs while on disability. SLB has a dedicated Registered Nurse (RN) at Humanacare that provides you with navigational support, assistance with filling out claim forms, engaging supportive resources and general guidance to help better understand and work towards a resolution of the disability. HumanaCare’s service is confidential and is there to support you on your journey to recovery from injury or illness.

Sun Life – Your Disability Claim Adjudicator 

Sun Life acts as an independent third party to manage disability claims and also determine approval of STD and LTD benefits. Without limiting the scope of responsibility, Sun Life is responsible to:

• adjudicate claims initially and throughout the absence in accordance with the Policy;
• monitor the employee’s disability status;
• coordinate assessments and treatment plans where necessary;
• Use claim intervention services such as Medical Confidence or out of province services with the employee if wait times for a specialist consultation, diagnostic test and / or surgical procedure is longer than 3 months; and
• assist with return-to-work planning.

Employees who require medical treatment other than first aid or who are absent from work due to a work-related illness/injury must apply to their respective provincial or territorial Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB). If an employee experiences a work-related illness or injury, regardless of the severity, the employee must immediately report the nature of the illness or injury to his or her immediate supervisor. WCB paperwork must be completed by the employee and supervisor and submitted to WCB within 72 hours.