I thought the new contract read that part timers had to wait a year for insurance now.
The way I understand it is that ANYONE hired before August 1, 2008 is covered under the old contract for health insurance. Check with your local...
The SOUTHERN Suppliment to the Master Agreement:
ARTICLE 68 — HEALTH AND WELFARE
(a)
Effective January 1, 2008 health and welfare coverage
for all part-time employees covered by Employer sponsored
health and welfare plans on the payroll at that date
and those hired thereafter will be provided pursuant to the
terms of an Employer sponsored nationwide health care
plan, namely, the UPS National Health Plan for Part-Time
Employees. (A copy of the Summary Plan Description will
be provided.) Features of the plan will include a prescription
card.
(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in
this Supplement or any Rider or Addendum,
individual
health coverage will be made available to part-time
employees hired after August 1, 2008 after twelve (12)
months of active employment and
spousal or dependant
coverage will be made available to these part-time employees
eighteen (18) months after their initial date of employment.
The Atlantic Area Suppliment to the Master Agreement:
Section 10 – Health and Welfare
Part time employees covered by a Teamster Health and
Welfare Fund will continue to be covered by those funds.
(a) Notwithstanding Article 34, Section 1(d) of the Master
Agreement, effective
January 1, 2008, health and welfare
coverage for all part-time employees on the payroll
at that time and those hired thereafter will be provided
pursuant to the terms of an Employer sponsored
nationwide health care plan, namely, the UPS National
Health Plan for Part-Time Employees. (A copy of the
Summary Plan Description will be provided.)
Features of the plan will include a prescription card.
This paragraph shall supersede any provisions on the
same subject in any Supplement, Rider, or Addendum,
including those Supplemental provisions which require
part-time benefits to be equal to or the same as fulltime
medical benefits.
(b) Notwithstanding Article 34, Section 1(d) of the Master
Agreement or any contrary provision in any
Supplement, Rider, or Addendum, (i)
individual health
coverage will be made available to part-time employees
hired after August 1, 2008, after twelve (12) months
of active employment and (ii)
spousal or dependant
coverage will be made available to these part-time
employees eighteen (18) months after their initial date
of employment.
The Southwest Suppliment to the Master Agreement:
SECTION 16 - HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
UPS will provide Health and Welfare benefits as described in their Plan Description titled “THE UPS HEALTH AND WELFARE PACKAGE” and benefit comparison that was proposed and presented on August 28, 1997.
Employees hired prior to August 1, 2008, and their eligible dependents,
shall become eligible for this coverage six (6) months after their seniority date. In accordance with National Master Agreement Article 34, Section 2(b)
employees hired on or after August 1, 2008, shall become eligible for this coverage after twelve (12) months of active employment and
spousal or dependant coverage will be made available to these part-time employees eighteen (18) months after their initial date of employment.
The Central Region Suppliment to the Master Agreement:
Section 4 Part-Time Medical Coverage
(b) Effective January 1, 2008 health and welfare coverage for all part-time employees covered by Employer sponsored health and welfare plans on the payroll at that date and those hired thereafter will be provided pursuant to the terms of an Employer sponsored nationwide health care plan, namely, the UPS National Health Plan for Part-Time Employees. (A copy of the Summary Plan Description will be provided.) Features of the plan will include a prescription card.
(c) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this Supplement or any Rider or Addendum,
individual health coverage will be made available to part-time employees hired after August 1, 2008 after twelve (12) months of active employment and
spousal or dependant coverage will be made available to these part-time employees eighteen (18) months after their initial date of employment.
