MI JAC Plumbing & Pipefitting bonds.
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A plumbing or pipefitting contractor signatory to the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry in the Detroit Area agreement posts this bond to guarantee that the wages and welfare-fund contributions it owes reach its tradespeople and the industry’s joint trust funds. It is a collective bargaining obligation, not a Michigan license requirement. Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only.

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Runs to the joint trustees of the Detroit-area plumbing & pipefitting wage and welfare funds named in your agreement

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Backs the wages and health/pension welfare-fund contributions your reports declare each month

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From $100 — soft pull only, never a hard inquiry — enter the amount the fund office names and see your price at application

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Signatory paperwork usually has a deadline attached, so this one is built to move: enter the amount, pay, and send the executed bond to the fund office. Here is the whole thing:

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Your company details, the bond amount your agreement names, an effective date, and the credit consent that authorizes a soft pull. That is the application.

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Most applications approve instantly. The credit consent authorizes a soft inquiry that never affects your score, and no hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.

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Send it to the fund office

Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to go to the Detroit-area plumbing & pipefitting wage and welfare fund office. Wet-ink original mailed on request.

About this bond

What it is and who needs it.

What the wage & welfare bond actually guarantees

The JAC — Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry in the Detroit Area is the joint labor-management trust that administers wage, health, and pension welfare funds for signatory plumbing and pipefitting contractors and their unionized tradespeople in the Detroit area. When a contractor signs the governing agreement, it agrees to pay negotiated wages plus hourly contributions into those trust funds.

Those wages and contributions are not the contractor’s money to hold. ERISA § 515, 29 U.S.C. § 1145, makes an employer that is obligated to contribute to a multiemployer plan under a collectively bargained agreement pay in accordance with that agreement, and 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(2) puts real teeth behind a successful collection suit — unpaid contributions, interest, liquidated damages, and the funds’ attorney fees and costs. Joint trust funds sue delinquent contractors in federal court on exactly that basis, and a delinquency usually surfaces only after the hours have already been worked.

The bond is how the trust shortens that gap. Rather than chase a contractor after the fact, the trustees hold a surety’s promise that a stated sum stands behind the monthly remittance reports — so wages, health eligibility, and pension credit for the crew do not depend on the contractor’s cash position in a slow quarter. It is not insurance for you: if the surety pays the trust, you repay the surety. Keep it continuous for as long as you are signatory.

Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry in the Detroit Area (JAC) agreement · ERISA § 515 (29 U.S.C. § 1145)This is a private, contractual bond — Michigan has no statute requiring it. The obligation comes from the collective bargaining agreement between a signatory plumbing/pipefitting contractor and the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry in the Detroit Area, together with the trust agreements governing its joint wage and welfare funds (administered through the JAC — Joint Apprenticeship Committee — structure that also runs the industry’s apprenticeship program); the obligee named on the bond is the trust or its trustees, so confirm the exact wording with the fund office before the bond is issued. The federal backdrop is ERISA § 515, 29 U.S.C. § 1145, which requires an employer obligated to contribute to a multiemployer plan under a collectively bargained agreement to make those contributions in accordance with the agreement, and ERISA § 502(g)(2), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(g)(2), which awards unpaid contributions, interest, liquidated damages and fees in a successful collection action; suits on the agreement itself are brought under LMRA § 301, 29 U.S.C. § 185.

You need this bond if you are

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Becoming signatory to the Detroit-area Plumbing & Pipefitting (JAC) agreement and it conditions signatory status on a wage and welfare bond

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A contractor from outside the jurisdiction taking work covered by the agreement

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Replacing an expiring or cancelled bond so your signatory status is never uncovered

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Increasing the bond amount after your covered payroll or monthly contributions grew

One application, then a quick review.

These are the actual issuing fields. The credit consent authorizes a soft pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score.

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FAQ

Common questions.

How much is the JAC Plumbing & Pipefitting Detroit wage & welfare bond?Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. Enter the penal sum your agreement or the fund office names and your exact price appears at the application.

What amount should I enter?The figure your collective bargaining agreement or the fund office specifies. Wage-and-welfare bonds are typically sized off covered payroll and the monthly contribution volume the funds expect from you, so the number is specific to your shop — ask the fund office if your paperwork is silent.

What does the bond guarantee?That the wages and welfare-fund contributions your monthly reports declare actually reach your tradespeople and the joint trust funds. If they are not paid, the trustees can recover against the bond instead of waiting on a federal collection suit.

Do I pay the full bond amount?No. You pay the premium only. The bond amount is the surety’s maximum exposure if the trust makes a valid claim — it is not a deposit, and nobody holds your money.

Is there a credit check?The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft credit pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. No hard inquiry ever runs on this bond.

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