Union Laborer members and signatory contractors have access to health and retirement benefit plans that provide security to employees and their families at rates that employers can afford. The Minnesota Laborers Health & Welfare and Pension plans are managed jointly by union and employer representatives.
ABOUT THE FUND
The Minnesota Laborers Health and Welfare Fund (the Fund) welcomes you to the Benefit Program offered to all eligible Plan Participants.
The Fund utilizes the BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) network for medical care, the Delta Dental Provider network for dental care and the BeneCard Pharmacy network for your prescription needs, bringing you a very broad provider base and great discounts that not only help the Fund, but help to lower your overall out-of-pocket costs as well.
Please begin using the enclosed Identification Cards when you seek any services provided by the Fund including medical, dental and pharmacy care.
HEALTHCARE AND CLINICS
No cost, high-quality healthcare for our members. As it should be.
The trustees of the Minnesota Laborers Health and Welfare Fund are proud of our relationship with HealthPartners. Your clinics are staffed with clinicians from HealthPartners and you can be assured you’ll receive high-quality care at the Laborers Clinics.
For over sixty years, HealthPartners has been an innovative leader in healthcare. HealthPartners created one of the first consumer-governed, prepaid health plans in the United States in the 1950s and have continued to innovate over the years. Their doctors are all board-certified and many appear each year on “Top Doctors” lists.
The Laborers Clinics will be staffed by physician assistants and nurse practitioners who are certified to do many of the things a doctor does. A board-certified medical doctor will rotate among the three clinic locations (Hugo, Eagan, and Rogers) with additional doctors and clinicians added as demand increases for these clinic services.
The Minnesota Laborers Health & Welfare and Pension plans are managed jointly by union and employer representatives.
Retirement and Vacation
When you work as a Union Laborer, your Employer invests in your future so that you have the opportunity to prosper and retire well. Under most of the Minnesota and North Dakota collective bargaining agreements, an Employer makes an hourly pension contribution for each hour a Laborer works in covered employment. The hourly contribution may vary by contract, job classification or area worked. This benefit provides a steady and reliable defined benefit, allowing you to enjoy your retirement years.
The Minnesota Laborers Pension Fund is healthy and in the “green zone” as defined by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPACA), requiring sufficient funds sufficient to cover at least 80% or more of the benefits earned by all active participants, retirees and beneficiaries.
As a Minnesota Laborers Health and Welfare Fund member, you and your eligible dependents have easy access (phone or online) to a best-in-class employee assistance program. This EAP is a family health counseling service that is provided at no cost for eligible participants and eligible dependents.
Locals 563 & 405 are managed by Sand Creek (which is part of AllOneⓇ Health) on behalf of the fund. Sand Creek offers counseling and coaching with a wide range of life resources to assist you and your family on your physical and mental well-being journey. We all recognize that life can be tough sometimes; we at the Fund and Sand Creek are here to help.
Locals 1091 & 1097 are managed by TEAM on behalf of the fund. TEAM offers counseling and coaching with a wide range of life resources to assist you and your family on your physical and mental well-being journey. We all recognize that life can be tough sometimes; we at the Fund and TEAM are here to help.
Through the contributions you make to the Health and Welfare Fund, the high quality health care you and your family receives within your clinics is completely covered.
