A contractor signatory to IBEW Local 400 — the electrical workers' union serving Monmouth and Ocean counties since 1917 — posts a wages, welfare & fringe-benefits bond to the union's benefit funds under the terms of its collective bargaining agreement. Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
















Wages & welfare bonds are simple to issue. Enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and deliver it to the benefits office. Here is the whole thing:
Your company details, the obligee (IBEW Local 400 benefit funds), the bond amount your CBA requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Most wages & welfare bonds clear right away; the soft credit pull informs approval and never affects your score — pricing is 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Larger amounts may get a brief review.
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to the IBEW Local 400 benefit funds office so you can begin or continue work under your CBA. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
IBEW Local 400 has represented electrical workers across Monmouth and Ocean counties since 1917, working under collective bargaining agreements it maintains with signatory electrical contractors. Those agreements obligate a signatory employer to remit wages and fringe-benefit contributions — welfare, pension, and training among them — for every hour a covered employee works.
The bond is the funds' backstop. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal, the signatory contractor), the surety carrier, and the trustees of the IBEW Local 400 benefit funds (the obligee), for the protection of the union members whose wages and benefits depend on it. If a contractor falls behind on the contributions its CBA requires, the trustees can claim against the bond for the shortfall, and the contractor repays the surety.
This is a private contractual requirement, not a state-mandated bond — the amount is set by the union and its benefit funds based on the specific terms of your CBA and the size of your covered workforce, and the bond must stay in force for the life of the agreement, typically renewed annually alongside it. Enter the figure your CBA requires; your premium is priced from a $100 minimum after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including your company details and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — from a $100 minimum — is set at application.
Start the application →Premiums from $100, soft pull only. Enter the amount your agreement requires and deliver it to the benefits office the same day.