QUOTES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024

And the riverbank talks,
Of the waters of March,
It’s the end of all strain,
It’s the joy in your heart.

Antonio Carlos Jobim
“Aguas de Marco”

“Our future is greater than our past.”

Ben Okri

REMINDER OF IMPORTANT DATES

MARCH 29th, 2024 – All Health and Benefit Fund second quarter of coverage self-payments are due no later than 4:30 P.M. on this day.

APRIL 1ST, 2024 – Is the date that the expense for early-retiree and/or retiree disability coverage under the Health and Benefit Plan will increase by $100.00.

MAY 1st, 2024 – Included Health is in and Teladoc is out. Join the ranks of the participants that have already set themselves up for success by downloading the Included Health app and enrolling yourself and your loved ones before this date!

JUNE 3, 2024 – Is the day that Empower is scheduled to replace Vanguard as the Defined Contribution Plans institutional record keeper.

WE ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR
ON THE BRIGHT SIDE………IT’S STILL SUMMER!

QUOTES TO CONTEMPLATE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

“Lively up yourself, and don’t be no drag”

Bob Marley

“Summer night – even the stars are whispering to each other”

Kobayashi Issa

SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE!

Attention all Apprentices, Journeypersons, and Early Retirees
If you are interested in learning the “ins and outs” of your Health and Benefit Plan
Make certain to reserve your space at either of the September 14th or September 28th
Gatherings in the Union Hall
Those meetings will begin at 6:00 P.M. on both those two Thursdays
Spouses are Welcome
To reserve your spot, call the Fund Office at: 219-940-6181.

NEED SOME SUMMER READING? CLICK THE NEWSLETTER TAB.

3rd CALENDAR QUARTER – SHORTAGE OF HOURS

PAYMENT REMINDER

Shortage of hours payments for Health and Benefit Fund coverage in the third calendar quarter of 2023 are due at the Benefit Fund office no later than 4:30 P.M. on Friday, June 30th. As always, the rules as it relates to participants with a HRA balance large enough to cover their full shortage of hours payment are in effect. (Hey, we got your back!)

For those that do not have sufficient enough HRA balances to cover the full shortage of hours payment, but wish to utilize some or all of their HRA benefit to offset a portion of your shortage of hours payment, make certain that:

  • You make that election within the Create portal at least fourteen days in advance of the aforementioned due date and,
  • Your balance payment arrives at the Fund Office well in advance of 4:30 P.M. on Friday, June 30th.

THE 2023 SUMMER NEWSLETTER IS OUT!

It contains some very important information that each MPP&T participant needs to know as well as the dates and times of September’s Health & Benefit Plan educational meetings.

To access that information, and the rest of the Summer 2023 newsletter, click on the newsletter tab of this site.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023

“If you can’t tell what you desperately need, it’s probably sleep.”

Kevin Kelly

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