Our STD plan has a 6 month wait for new hires. However, it doesn't address any special eligibility for rehires and recognizing prior service. What do plans typically provide in this case? Do you recognize prior service if the break-in-service is not longer than 6 months/1 year/2years?

Thanks for your thoughts.

How exactly does the language read that imposes the 6 month wait on new hires?

I think in the absence of special provisions addressing re-hires and prior service, you are probably in an interpretive mode of what it means to be a "new" hire.