Best Health Insurance :7 Companies Offering Health Care Benefits to Part-Time Workers

Author: admin, December 9th, 2011

Affordable Health Insurance NewsFor the most part, if you are not a full-time employee, you have no option for health insurance coverage. However, some of the more renowned companies do offer insurance coverage to their part-time employees. Below are seven companies offering health

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Affordable Health Insurance News
For the most part, if you are not a full-time employee, you have no option for health insurance coverage. However, some of the more renowned companies do offer insurance coverage to their part-time employees.

Below are seven companies offering health care coverage to their part-time employees:

 

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Starbucks
Starbuck’s program (benefits package) offers complete health care for the full-time and part-time partners (employees) that are eligible, to be eligible, a partner has to work approximately 20 hours weekly, a competitive starting wage, a savings plan in the form of a 401(k) where the employer matches the partner’s contribution, stock in the company, short-term disability, tuition reimbursement, paid time off (vacation) and discounts on the company’s products.

Target
After six months, the ‘team members’ at Target working at least two and half days per week, are eligible to receive health care coverage. Erin Madsen, who is the spokeswoman for Target, stated that Target is ’very proud’ of their current programs and medical plans. These medical plans offer 100% coverage on recommended preventative care with no lifetime maximums, as well as, no pre-existing conditions.

Whole Foods
The team members at Whole Foods are scheduled to work in excess of 20 hours weekly, but no more than 30 hours a week become eligible for medical insurance benefits after meeting particular thresholds related to their service hours.

A team member must work 30 hours weekly to be considered a full-time employee. Part-time team members are eligible for other benefits that include a store discount of 20% and paid time off. Those team members who decide to participate in the ‘healthy discount incentive program’ for team members can receive another 10% off of their store discount.

Land’s End
It is anticipated that Land’s End will employ roughly 2,700 employees for the holiday season. These new employees will work in the call center and the distribution centers of the company. Many of these part-time employees will receive vision, dental and even life insurance benefits.

Lands’ End offers seasonal and ongoing part-time employees vision, dental and life insurance coverage options. The seasonal and part-time hourly requirements depend on each of the different department’s policies.

UPS
Hourly employees are offered full benefits with UPS. These benefits include tuition assistance as well as medical and dental coverage.

Most of the positions that are part-time are covered under a collective bargaining agreement. The benefits for health and wellness may not actually begin for part-time employees until 12 months after their date of hire. These benefits are not available to the temporary seasonal workers that only work for the four to eight weeks of the peak holiday season.

Home Depot
The spokesman for Home Depot, Stephen Holmes has stated that they company offers its part-time associates who have been employed with the company for no less than 90 days vision, dental and some medical benefits. This also includes an option for a critical illness.

Costco
Employees that work part-time at Costco may be eligible for medical and dental health care. The part-time employees need to work an average of 20 hours per week after being employed for 180 days.

Employees may also have the ability to use the company’s in-house optical centers for their vision care. Costco also offers a discounted co-payment pharmacy program when using the in-house pharmacy. Some of the generic medication co-pays are only , the brand name co-pays are typically capped at 15%.

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