New Jersey IUPAT DC 21 wage & welfare bonds.
From $100.
Every employer signatory to the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District Council No. 21 collective bargaining agreement must post a $30,000 security bond, filed with the District Council 21 office. It is a private contractual requirement, not a New Jersey statute. Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a New Jersey IUPAT DC 21 wage & welfare bond cost?
4% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No long underwriting queue for the standard wage-and-welfare bond — enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the District Council. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your company details, the bond amount ($30,000 unless your trade agreement sets otherwise), the effective date, and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most DC 21 wage-and-welfare bonds clear quickly — the soft pull informs approval and never touches your score. Pricing is 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
File with District Council 21
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the District Council 21 office as the agreement requires. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the District Council 21 wage & welfare bond actually guarantees
District Council 21 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) represents over 6,000 finishing-trades members — painters, drywall finishers, wallcoverers, glaziers, and glassworkers — across New Jersey, the Philadelphia region, Central and Northeast Pennsylvania, and Delaware, with a New Jersey office in Springfield. Its collective bargaining agreement requires every signatory employer to guarantee payment of the wages and fringe-benefit fund contributions it owes under the agreement.
Specifically, the agreement requires all employers to post a security bond — the original filed with the District Council 21 office — in the amount of $30,000. Some trade agreements and classifications may permit an alternative form of security in the same amount; confirm what your specific agreement allows directly with the District Council 21 office.
The bond backs the fringe-benefit funds and wages the agreement obligates a signatory employer to pay — health & welfare, pension, annuity, and related contributions on every covered hour worked. If an employer falls delinquent, the District Council or its fund trustees can draw on the bond to make members and funds whole. We price the $30,000 standard bond (or a different figure your specific trade agreement sets) from a $100 minimum, after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
File with District Council 21. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the District Council 21 office as the agreement requires. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, then a quick review.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — is set at application.
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Stay signatory without the bond holdup.
Premiums 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter $30,000 (or your trade agreement's figure) and file with District Council 21 the same day.