Skippy262,
We won't get any where until you post the actual contract language, if it exists. Here's the New England Supplement language:
Article 68 – Health and Welfare
Section 1
(a) The Health and Welfare Funds which have been established by prior agreement between the Employer and the Union shall be continued in effect without interruption, except as further provided herein.
(b) Commencing with the first day of August, 1993 and for the duration of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement and any renewals or extensions thereof, the Employer agrees to make payments to the respective Health and Welfare Funds for each and every employee performing work within the scope of and/or covered by this Collective Bargaining Agreement whether such employee is a seniority, probationary, or casual employee irrespective of his status as a member or nonmember of the Local Union from the first hour of employment subject to this Collective Bargaining Agreement as follows.
It then goes on to spell out that contributions are to be made for
all paid hours including vacations, holidays, etc.. Same for pension contributions in Article 69. [This language isn't online, so I can't quote it easily.]
Your H&W Fund and Pension Fund also have strict rules for determining what kinds of hours require contributions. It's probably spelled out in their plan documents on their websites.
Pension plans normally give partial year credit (months of credit) for anyone who doesn't get the required minimum number of contribution hours per year. In the New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund its 1800 hours. A figure a full-timer would meet on Veterans Day if he received at least 40 hours pay per week every week. There's also a part-time pension that pays half the benefit of a full-time pension and requires 830 hours per year.
Are you full-time or part-time? What H&W and Pension plans are you in? What Supplement are you covered by?
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Incidentally, in New England, our vacations are a minimum of 40 hours for full-timers, 20 hours for part-timers, and prorated for anyone who averages more that those minimums during the previous year. (You get 1/52nd of your previous year's gross annual pay for each week of vacation.)