Part Time Healthcare vs. Full Time Healthcare

[davburke]

Do part time UPS hourlys have better healthcare than full-time UPS hourlys and how so?

 

[reginald95]

They are the same

 

[Rick Ross]

Part-time has a $10 copay vs our $20 copay. Not sure if anything else is different.

 

[MC4YOU2]

In my area, the pt'ers used to be under the same plan as mgmt. The last contact that was changed and they came into the FT plan. Coverage between the two was pretty similar and the premiums cost the same. Zero.

 

[Indecisi0n]

FTer work harder so should have better benefits

 

[Matty_lawn]

FTer work harder so should have better benefits

Can confirm, I am lazy af

 

[Brown Biscuit]

I moved to FT after one year as a PTer. Still have my $10 copay.

 

[Rick Ross]

I moved to FT after one year as a PTer. Still have my $10 copay.

Guess it depends on where you live.

 

[Big Package]

I think my state gives us some form of health insurance benefit, because PT/FT have the same great coverage.. medical, dental, vision, hearing, mental health and substance abuse are all free, generic medicine 0 copay, formulary for name brand, no cap, but I've gotta wait 6 months longer than everyone else before the wife can get on it (but she can remain on sliding scale state BCBS in the meantime).

 

[Wally]

Can confirm, I am lazy af

I'm full time lazy. I toss everything so I don't have to climb stairs.

 

[PT Crazy]

FTer work harder so should have better benefits

Part timers pay the same amount of union dues as full timers. $88/month.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Part timers pay the same amount of union dues as full timers. $88/month.

But they don't work as hard.

 

[Tom MacDonald]

But they don't work as hard.

I worked hard trying to do a 4 car 1450 piece pull with only 120 post office on the preload. Busted my ass but the cages were relentless, ive worked 31 hours this week at a part time job, cant complain though the overtime is nice.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I worked hard trying to do a 4 car 1450 piece pull with only 120 post office on the preload. Busted my ass but the cages were relentless, ive worked 31 hours this week at a part time job, cant complain though the overtime is nice.

Easy.

 

[A good guy]

Not sure if its a regional thing but our PTers have the same insurance as FTers. There was talk about drivers paying for added beneficiaries last contract signings but that never came to light.

 

[DriverNerd]

Depends on the region. I'm in Minnesota - which is in the central. I'm full time in a BCBS Teamster plan; my ex wife is part time in Teamcare. My insurance is much better. Our kids are double covered, but we use mine as the primary because hers doesn't compete. Even she agrees. That being said, her insurance isn't really that bad; everywhere we bring the kids and use my insurance the medical providers always say "your insurance is amazing" when receiving pre-authorizations. Her dental plan is much worse as well.

 

[PT Car Washer]

But they don't work as hard.

Do twice the work in half the time and no shade tree to pull under for break or lunch.

 

[Rick Ross]

Part timers pay the same amount of union dues as full timers. $88/month.

Not in my local. We all pay 2.5 hours of union dues per month. I think under $14 and it's 2 hours per month in dues.

$88 would have been almost a full weeks pay when I started part-time.

 

[MC4YOU2]

Here, pt'ers pay about a third of the FT rate.

 

[foundinload]

until next year.

In my area, the pt'ers used to be under the same plan as mgmt. The last contact that was changed and they came into the FT plan. Coverage between the two was pretty similar and the premiums cost the same. Zero.