NJ UA refrigeration wage & benefit bonds.
4% of the bond amount.
The United Association of New Jersey's Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Service Division — the HVAC/R division formed by four UA plumber and pipefitter locals — requires signatory contractors to post a wage and benefit bond guaranteeing union-scale wages and contributions to the Division's health, pension, annuity, and training trust funds. This is a private requirement of the Division's collective bargaining agreement, administered by I.E. Shaffer & Co. as the funds' third-party administrator — not a New Jersey statute. Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the amount your signatory agreement requires and your exact price appears at the application.
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No long underwriting queue for the standard wage and benefit bond — enter your amount, consent to a soft pull, and file with the Division. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your company details, the bond amount your signatory agreement requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
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Most wage and benefit bonds clear quickly. The application includes a credit consent, but it authorizes a soft pull only — a soft inquiry that never affects your score. Larger amounts may get a brief review.
File with the Division
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with the UA-NJ Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Service Division or I.E. Shaffer & Co. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the wage and benefit bond actually guarantees
The United Association of New Jersey (UANJ) is the HVAC/R division formed by four UA plumber and pipefitter locals, covering more than 160 signatory HVACR contractors across the state. A contractor who signs the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning & Service Division's collective bargaining agreement agrees to pay union-scale wages and to remit contributions to the Division's fringe benefit trust funds — health and welfare, pension, annuity, and apprenticeship training — administered by I.E. Shaffer & Co.
The wage and benefit bond backs those obligations. It is a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and the Division and its trust funds (the obligee / protected parties). If a signatory contractor fails to pay covered wages or remit fund contributions, the Division and its funds can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. This is a private contractual requirement of the collective bargaining agreement, not a New Jersey statute, so there is no single published bond amount — the Division sets the figure per signatory contractor. Enter the amount your agreement calls for; premiums price at 4% of that amount, $100 minimum, and the application includes a credit consent that authorizes a soft pull only.
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One application, then a quick review.
Submit the application with the bond amount your signatory agreement requires. Most wage and benefit bonds clear quickly; larger amounts may get a brief underwriter review.
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Signatory status, without the bond holdup.
Premiums cost 4% of the bond amount, $100 minimum. Enter the amount your agreement requires and file with the Division the same day.