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Part-time Super

Started by Ethan129
over 6 years ago
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We're a 16 unit building with a part time super, who works 30 hours/week. He is also non-union. The hourly wage we pay him is pretty competitive with union wages but he recently asked about getting health insurance. My initial thought is that 1) he is part-time and 2) we're non-union for a reason. Thoughts?
Response by 30yrs_RE_20_in_REO
over 6 years ago
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Member since: Mar 2009

30 hours a week sounds like a lot for a building that size.

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Response by stache
over 6 years ago
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Member since: Jun 2017

Plus is it him or possibly entire family? Your insurance broker could give you a ballpark. Also price catastrophic coverage high deductible.

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Response by nyc_sport
over 6 years ago
Posts: 809
Member since: Jan 2009

Given that the building has no income, and no other employees, there is no cost or tax benefit to you being in the business of providing health coverage, rather than the super purchasing it from one of the exchanges him or herself. This is nothing more than a pay increase, it just depends on who you pay.

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Response by steve123
over 6 years ago
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Member since: Feb 2009

The cost of offering health care is surprisingly substantial for small businesses.
If you are considering it you may want to offer him 2 choices - wage with healthcare added, or new higher wage without it.

For our building the wage difference was easily $5-8/hr difference.
We even had a staff member threaten to walk because we had been giving him healthcare he didn't want and he just wanted the higher wage. From his perspective the wage difference was more important and he'd rather go buy some healthcare on an exchange with the difference.

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Response by stache
over 6 years ago
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Member since: Jun 2017

Did that change your liability insurance rate?

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