Utah Code 49-16-603. Suspension of benefit upon settlement of workers’ compensation claim
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(1) Settlement of a claim for workers’ compensation for injury or disability shall suspend disability retirement benefits granted under this part, except for the initial three months, to a member granted the benefits until workers’ compensation payments terminate.
Terms Used In Utah Code 49-16-603
- Compensation: includes performance-based bonuses and cost-of-living adjustments. See Utah Code 49-16-102
- Disability: means the complete inability, due to objective medical impairment, whether physical or mental, to perform firefighter service. See Utah Code 49-16-102
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Member: means a person, except a retiree, with contributions on deposit with a system, the Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Plan under Chapter 19, Utah Governors' and Legislators' Retirement Act, or with a terminated system. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Office: means the Utah State Retirement Office. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Retirement: means the status of an individual who has become eligible, applies for, and is entitled to receive an allowance under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(2) If there is a lump-sum settlement of the workers’ compensation claim, the office shall suspend the disability retirement benefit until the total of suspended benefits is equal to 75% of the settlement received from workers’ compensation.