Employees must comply with the following to be eligible for disability.

• Contact your supervisor on the first day of absence to report your disability.
• Contact Qwest Disability Services on or before the fourth calendar day of your absence – or on the first day of a relapse.
• Be under the current care of an appropriate health care provider who follows timely standard medical/psychological treatment protocols. This means an appropriate health care provider MUST examine the employee, phone consultations ARE NOT acceptable
• Follow recommended treatment plans from providers and/or Qwest Disability Services.
• Request and ensure that the provider releases medical information pertinent to the work absence and/or current work restrictions.
• Obtain permission to maintain schooling or employment outside of the company.
• Return to work (full or part time) as soon as medically able (this may include temporary work restrictions).
• Obtain permission to travel out of town.
• BE UNABLE TO PERFORM WORK OF ANY KIND.

Factors that do not require continued Absence.

• Need to be in a modified job assignment because of inability to perform normal job functions.
• Inability to work overtime.
• Inability to drive (including to/from work).
• Current participation in rehabilitative therapies (physical therapy etc).
• Lack of timely referrals to specialists.
• Diagnoses of health care provider.
• Treatment plan.
• Medications.
• Any job restriction (for example can’t lift over 10 lbs. can type only 2 hours per day, etc.).
• Chart notes pertaining to your disability. Chart notes must contain objective medical documentation! “Objective medical documentation” is written objective findings that may or may not support the presence of a disabling condition include x-rays reports, elevated blood pressure readings, temperature (or fever), lab test results, etc. “Subjective” information is documentation of non observable or non measurable symptoms. Subjective symptoms relate to how a person feels. Examples are: “My throat hurts,” or “I’m tired all the time.”
• Qwest Disability Services (QDS) 1-800-729-7526 Option1, then Option 4