(a) “Carrier” shall mean the disability insurance company selected pursuant to § 5254 of this title.
(b) “Committee” shall mean the State Employee Benefits Committee as established by § 9602 of this title.
(c) “Creditable compensation” shall mean the base rate of compensation that the employee received on the last day of employment before the employee developed a disability as determined by the Committee.
(d) “Disability benefit” shall mean income replacement payments payable to a participating employee under a short-term or long-term disability benefit program pursuant to this chapter.
(e) “Employee” shall mean an eligible “employee” as defined in § 5501(f) of this title who elects to participates in the Program as specified in § 5519 of this title. This shall include any employee who is collecting benefits pursuant to § 8352(4) of Title 11.
(f) “Employment” shall mean any occupation for which the employee is reasonably suited by training or experience.
(g) “Program” means the Disability Insurance Program created pursuant to this chapter providing short-term and long-term disability benefits for eligible employees electing to participate in the Program.
75 Del. Laws, c. 191, § 1; 76 Del. Laws, c. 321, § 1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, § 276; 79 Del. Laws, c. 174, § 1.
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