Newsletter

DID YOU KNOW

That you can see the details of any pre-certification you receive on your Create portal?

You can. Just click upon the word “precertification” found within the “Menu” section located on the upper left-hand side of the Create portal.

STOCKING STUFFERS

Whether you were naughty or nice in 2021, the Board of Trustees have you covered in 2022. Listed below are important improvements that you should be aware of:

Effective January 1, 2022, the annual family dental allowance for Active members will be increased by 50% to $3,000.00 per year.

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You may wonder what the significance of the alpha-numeric title of this piece is or question why you should bother reading any further. Let us see if we can keep this interesting.

Mr. Sajak, ..... I think I will spin the wheel and buy a vowel.

BOOST YOUR RETIREMENT!

Make voluntary contributions to your Money Purchase Plan and Trust account. For details, see Voluntary Contributions under the Annuity tab on the IBEW Local 697 Benefits website. To see your year-to-date contributions to this plan only, login to Vanguard, which can also be done from the same page.

ARE YOU WORKING OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE I.B.E.W., LOCAL 697?

Then you need to learn about

RECIPROCITY

The I.B.E.W. National Reciprocity Agreement states that each Local’s Benefit office is to reciprocate all hours / contributions within thirty (30) days of receipt to the “home” Local that the participant designates within ERTS (Electronic Reciprocal Transfer System).

If you are scheduled to work within another I.B.E.W. Local’s jurisdiction, this is what you need to do after “clearing” in with that Local’s Union Office.