You must be eligible for Local Welfare Benefits to be eligible to receive weekly Disability Benefits.

You are not entitled to collect Weekly Disability Benefits if you have applied for or are collecting UnemploymentCompensation.

A claim must be filed with the ILA Benefits Office within fourteen (14) days from the initial date of the disability. If a claim is submitted after the initial fourteen (14) days, the claim will be subject to review to decide if payment will be issued.

Be sure that all sections on the attached form are fully completed before submitting the original form to the ILA Benefits Office. Claims are considered incomplete unless signed by both the member and his/her attending physician. Submitting incomplete forms will delay payment.

If your attending physician has certified that you are totally disabled and unable to perform your normal work duties, your disability claim will run from the first day you visited the doctor after you have missed work due to your disability. If you have missed work prior to your visit to the doctor, that period will not be considered.

If your disability is a result of an illness, your disability claim will begin on the eighth day of the disability. If your disability is a result of an accident or a hospital stay your disability claim will begin immediately.

Disability payments are normally paid through the date your doctor certifies that you are disabled or that your disability ended or up to the day that you return to work. To continue your disability payments, you must submit updated Attending Physician’s Statements every six (6) weeks until your disability ends or to the end of the DisabilityBenefit maximum of 35 weeks, whichever should occur first. A completed and signed Attending Physician’s Statement must be returned to our offices so that you may continue to receive the PMTA/ILA’s Weekly DisabilityBenefit.

In addition to weekly disability payments, you will also receive weekly disability credits. Once your weekly disability payments have reached the 35-week annual maximum, you will still be entitled to receive the weekly disability credits for the remainder of that year, if you are still disabled and continue to submit an updated Attending Physician’s Statement every six (6) weeks. PLEASE NOTE: Any credits applied in conjunction with Workers’ Compensation or Weekly Disability will apply towards the PMTA-ILA Benefits only. These credits may be applied differently toward the MILA Benefits.

If it is possible that a Third Party may be involved in your claim, you will be required to submit a Subrogation/Reimbursement Agreement. This Agreement is to be signed by the member and witnessed. The agreement also requires that the member provide the name and address of his/her attorney, along with the attorney’s signature.

It is the responsibility of the member to immediately notify the ILA Benefits Office upon his/her return to work. If the member returns to work and continues to collect Disability Payments, he/she will be required to reimburse the Fund for all overpayments. If you are eligible for a Vacation and/or Container pay out, by signing the application you are consenting to repay any Disability overpayment via your Vacation and/or Container checks. If the Fund is not reimbursed in a timely manner, the member’s Local Welfare Benefits will be suspended until the Fund is reimbursed in full.

Physician for the purpose of this benefit means, Medical Doctor (MD), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) orNurse Practitioner (NP).