(224) 770−5306
Plumbers Local 8

Local 8

Plumbers & Gasfitters

Plumbers Local 8 Income Protection

Continue getting paid if you can’t work due to illness, injury, or death!

PLAN INFORMATION OVERVIEW

– Short-Term Disability (STD) pays for up to 13 weeks
– Long-Term Disability (LTD) pays for up to 5 years
– Life Insurance w/ AD&D for Member, Spouse, and/or Child(ren)

Benefits & Costs

No medical tests, questions, or underwriting to enroll; no active working Member of the Plumbers Local 8 can be denied coverage!

Kansas City

ARE YOUR CURRENT BENEFITS ENOUGH?

Short-Term Disability

Plumbers Local 8 Members currently receive $200/week through our Health and Welfare Fund for 26 weeks. If your paycheck is normally $1,500/week and you get sick or injured, you would only receive $200 in weekly benefits. That leaves an income gap of $1,300/week or 87% of your weekly income. If you missed work for 6 weeks, that is an income loss of $7,800.

Long-Term Disability

The Local 8 Health and Welfare Fund does not offer Long-Term Disability; you’ll have ZERO income after 26 weeks.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Disability FAQ

It is important to understand that these Life and Disability benefits DO cover COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the event that you contract the virus and cannot work (to include being quarantined after being diagnosed with COVID-19) or pass away as a result of the virus.

The below list provides the main parameters a Member’s claim must meet in order to be eligible to file a claim for the Coronavirus. However, there may be other factors that would impact a Coronavirus claim.

  • Only cases of the Coronavirus that are medically diagnosed and documented by a medical professional would constitute as eligible for benefits
  • Members who are quarantined due to testing positive for Coronavirus would be eligible for benefits
  • Members who are quarantined as a preventative measure and do not have an official Coronavirus diagnosis by a medical professional would not be eligible for benefits, including, but not limited to;
    – Jobsite shutdowns for preventative measures
    – Furloughs, layoffs, etc.
    – Care for a loved one who has been diagnosed or exposed
  • The normal waiting period still applies, so the Member needs to be held out of work by a medical professional for longer than their waiting period in order to be eligible

Members enrolling for coverage now, but who do not yet have effective coverage, would not have an eligible Coronavirus claim if:

  • The Member enrolls now for a future coverage effective date and already has a medically diagnosed case of Coronavirus or has seen their doctor for signs/symptoms of the Coronavirus
  • The Member’s coverage is not effective and in force prior to seeing a medical professional or being diagnosed

Please call us at (224) 770−5306 for more information.