Banner Health is committed to helping you take the time you need away from work—whether you spend it at home healing from a health condition, caring for a seriously ill family member or returning to school to take classes.
Different types of leave
- Family Medical Leave (FML) provides 12 weeks of job-protected leave if qualified team members or their immediate family members have a serious health condition. Under FML, you are eligible if you’ve been a Banner team member for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the 12-month period before FML begins.
- Medical Leave covers up to 12 weeks for serious health conditions for team members who aren’t eligible for FML.
- Personal Leave provides up to 12 weeks for non-FML personal matters.
Submit your request
Contact the Banner-dedicated leave-of-absence team at Reliance Matrix by calling 888-295-7840 or visiting matrixabsence.com. You’ll need to provide your name, address, phone number, the last four digits of your Social Security number (SSN), physician’s contact and fax information, a description of your illness or injury, job title and a brief description of your job. Also, you should be ready to provide medical certification or other documents to validate your reason for leave.
Short-Term Disability Plan
Short-Term Disability (STD) Plan provides you with pay at 60% of your pre-disability base pay for up to 182 days for lost time at work due to your own illness or non-work-related injury. Benefits begin after seven consecutive calendar days away from your job for nonoccupational illness or injury. Any Paid Time Off* and/or Sick Time* you have available must be used to pay yourself during the seven consecutive days of the elimination period and to supplement your STD pay so that it approximates your pre-disability base pay.
Maternity STD is 100% of your pre-disability base pay for six weeks with no elimination period.
*Any medical condition requiring disability leave beyond the six weeks for maternity at 100% coverage, including cesarean birth, will be covered at the standard 60% Short-Term Disability payment for the remainder of the leave.
Note: FOR STATES WITH PAID FAMILY LEAVE: Team members may be entitled to paid leave benefits as designated by law based on the state in which they work. Please refer to Banner Connect -> Human Resources -> HR Policies -> Labor Law Posters for additional information.
Long-Term Disability Plan
The Long-Term Disability Plan provides 60% of your base earnings up to the maximum of $10,000 per month. The benefit is reduced by certain offsets such as primary Social Security benefits and Workers’ Compensation payments. If you are on an approved disability such as Short-Term Disability or Workers’ Compensation, benefits may begin at the end of 182 days plus any applicable PTO days.
