The Pipefitters Association Local Union No. 533 Fringe Benefit Funds, serving the Kansas City area, requires signatory contractors to post an employee benefit fund bond guaranteeing contributions to the union's health, pension, and training programs. Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $1,000 minimum, after a one-time consent to a soft credit pull that never affects your score.
















Your signatory status with Local 533 is waiting on this bond. Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and deliver a copy to the Funds office. Here is the whole thing:
Business details, the bond amount your CBA or the Funds office set, the effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Most employee benefit fund bonds clear quickly; the soft pull informs approval and never touches your score. Premiums are 4% of the bond amount, $1,000 minimum. Larger amounts may get a brief review.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email — a copy goes to the Pipefitters Local 533 Fringe Benefit Funds office as evidence the bond is in force. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
The Pipefitters Association Local Union No. 533 Fringe Benefit Funds collect contributions from signatory contractors around Kansas City for health and welfare, pension, and training programs negotiated in the union's collective bargaining agreement.
The employee benefit fund bond backs those contributions. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Local 533 Fringe Benefit Funds (the obligee). Bonds for new signatory employers run for the remainder of the current contract period or two years, whichever is longer; a bond covering work under a national agreement runs six months past job completion. A copy of the bond must be delivered to the Funds office as evidence of coverage.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. There is no single published bond amount; the Funds office or your CBA fixes the figure for your operation. Enter the amount your filing requires, and premiums are priced from a $1,000 minimum after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and most bonds are issued the same day.
Start the application →From $1,000, soft pull only. Enter the amount your CBA set and deliver to the Funds office the same day.