Employer Benefits
Training Program (no additional cost)
- MSHA - OSHA - HAZMAT - FORKLIFT - CCO (training and certifications)
- Registered Apprenticeship
- Skills upgrade training
Health Insurance
- Benefits are paid in at a set, hourly straight time rate
- Quality and affordable plan
- Prescription coverage
- Vision care and glasses (lasik surgery)
- Dental coverage
- Office/clinic visits, lab services, x-rays
- Hospitalization
- Disability benefits
- NO EMPLOYER ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEALTH CARE PLAN
- Owner insurance coverage available and rates are determined by the Health and Welfare Trustees
- Reduced insurance rate for retired employees - determined by years of service
- Affordable owner rates if the owner participates prior to retirement and eligibility is met
Pension
- All eligible employees of the corporation earn vesting credit for their time employed with the corporation, if they do not have a prior Initial Participation Date in the Central Pension Fund
- Benefits are paid in at a set, hourly straight time rate
- Employer does not incur administration costs for the pension plan
Wages
- Fixed costs: know in advance what the increases will be, if any - including the health care cost variable
- Only pay additional costs on wages (SS, unemployment, workers comp.)
- Registered apprentices receive rates established in the Apprenticeship Program, which are lower than prevailing wage rates