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Brian Martucci
October 28, 2021

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This is a problem for workers who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid and
don’t meet age or health eligibility criteria for Medicare.

Many part-time workers do receive subsidies under the Affordable Care

Act, making it more affordable to purchase individual health care plans
from private insurers through state-run or federal exchanges. But some
workers earn too much to qualify for subsidies under the ACA, putting
exchange-based individual or family insurance policies out of reach.

Affordable health care options do exist for people without health

insurance: brokers like eHealth, private high-deductible health plans
paired with health savings accounts (HSA), and health insurance
alternatives like a health care sharing ministry. None are perfect, however.

And while workers with suitable credit profiles can take out unsecured
personal loans to cover unexpected health care costs, no one should have
to choose between their health and credit utilization rate.

To make matters worse, some companies have scaled back or eliminated

benefits packages for part-time workers in recent years.

Target, Walmart, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and Home Depot have all
discontinued health or retirement plans (or both) for part-time staff in
recent years, raising the threshold for health coverage to 30 hours per week
(per PPACA regulations), and retirement benefits to 40 hours per week. For
health, dental, and vision coverage, workers who don’t work 30 hours per
week must turn to state or federal insurance exchanges.

Companies Offering Health Insurance

Benefits for Part-Time Jobs
Fortunately, some companies still offer health benefits and other perks,
such as dental coverage and 401(k) plans, to employees who work part-
time jobs (less than 30 hours per week).

Here are some of the largest, most geographically diverse companies that
offer health insurance and other benefits to part-time workers.

1. Allegis Group
Formerly known as Aerotek, Maryland-based Allegis Group is a staffing firm
that employs roughly 10,000 full-time employees and almost 100,000
contractors and temp workers.

The company does business through several subsidiaries, including one that
bears the Aerotek name, and its benefits apply to all temp and contract
employees who work at least 20 hours per week.
Health Plan

On the first day of the month following their hire date, qualifying Allegis
Group employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverage paid
for through employee paycheck contributions.

Plan details aren’t publicly available, but there are also unsubsidized
coverage options for employee dependents. Contract workers and temps
must apply for benefits within 30 days of hire, or wait until the next open
enrollment period.

Allegis also offers an HSA, and the company makes matching contributions
at its discretion.
Other Benefits

Allegis Group also offers a 401(k) plan, administered by Wells Fargo, that
includes a total employer match of $750 annually. These figures are subject
to change, so check back regularly or go directly to Allegis for up-to-date
information. Benefits may vary by subsidiary as well.

Allegis also provides an annual profit-sharing bonus, at the managers’

discretion, to internal (not contract) part-time workers at its subsidiaries.
Eligible employees may receive part of the profit-sharing bonus as a 401(k)
deposit that’s separate from the annual employer match.

Other benefits for part- and full-time employees include life and disability
insurance, a 529 college savings plan, tuition reimbursement, and paid
sick leave and vacation time. These benefits are immediately available to
new hires, although vacation and sick leave accrue according to a time-
served schedule.

2. Costco
Seattle-based Costco is the country’s second-largest retailer, maintaining
more than 700 warehouse stores and well over 100,000 employees. With a
starting wage of $16 per hour, according USA Today, the company’s
compensation is quite generous for a major retailer.

Its pay scale is flatter too — the CEO made about $934,000 in cash
compensation and $8 million total in 2019, according to ExecPay,
compared with about $22 million for Walmart’s CEO in 2020.

And with the vast majority of Costco employees participating in a health or

retirement plan, its benefits are pretty popular, although all are subject to
change or discontinuation at Costco’s discretion.
Health Plan

Any Costco employee who works more than 24 hours per week and logs 180
days of service is eligible for a comprehensive health insurance plan
administered by Aetna.

Part-timers also have access to a low-cost dental plan, which covers

preventative visits and some costs of basic procedures, as well as basic
vision coverage.

Since all Costco locations have a pharmacy, part-time employees enjoy an

in-house prescription plan (separate from the main health insurance plan)
with low copays for generic drugs and branded medications — generally
less than 20%.

Payroll deductions for health and dental plans are available in Costco’s Rate
Benefits Booklet, which is only available to Costco employees.
Other Benefits

Part-time employees can access Costco’s 401(k) plan, which includes a

maximum company match of the lesser of $500 or 50% of total salary
deferral contributions annually.

An optional flexible spending account (FSA) lets employees use pretax

earnings to pay for day care and other covered dependent care services.

Plus, Costco’s Care Network provides free mental health counseling and
offers referrals to debt counselors and lawyers (who charge fees for their
services).

Other Costco benefits include a direct stock purchase plan, disability and
life insurance, and long-term care insurance. All of these benefits are
available to part-time staff who log 180 days of service and work more than
24 hours per week.

3. Lowe’s
Charlotte-based Lowe’s, one of the world’s largest home improvement
outlets, has more than 250,000 employees spread across nearly 2,000
locations in the U.S. and abroad.

Unlike Home Depot, its main rival, Lowe’s extends health insurance benefits
to all nonseasonal part-time employees. And Lowe’s is unusually
transparent about its employee benefits, making detailed information
about medical, dental, vision, and other benefits available to the general
public through BenefitsPricing, a third-party website.
Health Plan

Upon hitting 89 days of consecutive service, part-time Lowe’s employees

enjoy access to a very good health plan that covers 100% of the cost of all
preventive care and up to four primary care visits per year.

Other coverage details vary by state, so check BenefitsPricing for details

about what’s available in your area.

And bear in mind that while there’s no minimum hours-worked threshold to

qualify, employees must apply within 31 days of hire or wait until the
following open enrollment period.
Other Benefits
Lowe’s part-time staff can also enroll in life insurance and short-term
disability plans.

The company has a direct stock purchase plan after one month of service
that entitles employees to purchase Lowe’s shares at a 15% discount, a
401(k) plan after one month of service with a company match up to 4.25%
on contributions of 6% or greater and 100% vesting immediately, and
several types of insurance coverage (including term life and short-term
disability).

4. Starbucks
Seattle-based Starbucks has tens of thousands of stores and employs about
350,000 workers globally. Even if you’re not a coffee fan, it’s very likely that
you encounter one or more Starbucks locations in your daily or weekly
routine.

Most Starbucks employees are part-time. The coffee company has a

reputation for treating its workers well — average annual earnings for hourly
employees, including baristas, are just over $35,000, and the typical shift
supervisor earns north of $11 per hour (higher in pricier labor markets).

Starbucks was also one of the first food service chains to offer a
comprehensive employee benefits package: the Starbucks Special Blend.
Health Plan

Employees who work more than 20 hours per week (or 240 hours per
quarter) are eligible to enroll in Starbucks’ benefits program.

The Special Blend’s health coverage portion includes various medical plans,
from bare-bones high-deductible health plans to a generous Platinum plan
with low out-of-pocket maximums and no coinsurance or deductible.

Three optional dental plans that cover preventive visits and some or most
procedural costs (depending on plan tier) are also available, as are three
vision plans with varying levels of coverage.
Other Benefits

The Starbucks Special Blend is indeed comprehensive. Its nonmedical

benefits include short-term disability and accidental death and
dismemberment (AD&D) insurance plans, employee assistance programs
that include low-cost counseling, a dependent care reimbursement account
(dependent care FSA), adoption assistance, college savings plans, and a
401(k) plan that includes an employer match of up to 6% of total employee
contributions.

And Starbucks has a number of other perks and incentives for hourly
employees, according to Rather-Be-Shopping.com.

5. UPS
Atlanta-based UPS is among the world’s largest logistics firms, with about
430,000 employees globally. Its drivers earn good money — averaging
upwards of $21 per hour, according to Indeed.

And those willing to work nights and holidays, especially during the mad
rush between Black Friday and New Year’s, can really rack up overtime pay.

Most of UPS’s U.S. hourly employees, including warehouse and delivery

workers, operate under collective bargaining agreements that have
produced attractive benefits packages.

As part of the Teamsters union, hourly UPS workers who log at least 225
hours in any three-month eligibility determination period (about 19 hours
per week) are eligible for the same TeamstersCare benefits normally
extended to full-time Teamsters members.
Health Plan

All TeamstersCare-eligible UPS part-time employees can choose basic

health plans that cover preventive medical and dental services. These plans
include a low copay for generic prescription drugs and coinsurance for
more expensive procedures. A basic vision plan is also included.

Under the terms of UPS’s current collective bargaining agreement, which is

subject to change, part-time workers pay nothing out-of-pocket for these
benefits, setting UPS apart from most other companies providing part-time
benefits. Most companies require employees to contribute a portion of
their pay to the health plans.

Depending on their role, workers may be eligible for union-administered

plans subsidized by UPS contributions. These plans are subject to change at
UPS’s discretion and with alterations to collective bargaining arrangements,
so check with UPS management before applying.
Other Benefits

UPS workers enjoy a slew of other benefits at little or no out-of-pocket cost:

life, disability, and death and dismemberment insurance; adoption
assistance; and tobacco cessation support. Dependent spouses and children
qualify for some of these benefits as well.

UPS also offers supplemental life insurance; personal lines insurance (auto
and home lines); legal assistance; and health savings accounts for workers
and dependent spouses, children, and elders. These products all require
employee-paid premiums.

Finally, because nearly half of its part-time employees take college courses,
UPS offers tuition assistance of up to $5,250 per year, with a $25,000
lifetime cap, through the Earn and Learn Program. New employees are
immediately eligible for this benefit.

See UPS’s summary of benefits for more information about employee

benefits and their potential costs.

6. REI
With 13,000 employees at just over 150 retail stores, Seattle-based REI is
routinely cited as one of the country’s best retailers to work for. It’s still
structured as a co-op, although not every employee has an ownership stake,
and high-level decisions are made by a traditional board of directors.

The average REI customer service associate earns about $11.50 per hour,
according to Indeed, and the average warehouse worker clears about
$13.50 an hour. The company has an unusually flat pay scale as well, with the
CEO taking home about $825,000 in base compensation and about $3.2
million total in 2019, according to REI’s executive compensation report.

REI once offered benefits to all employees, including those working just a
few hours per week. Although it discontinued this practice in the mid-
2010s, REI still extends “full-time” benefits to all employees working at
least 20 hours per week through the REI Flex Plan.

Employees averaging fewer than 20 hours per week get “tools” to help
navigate the individual health insurance marketplace, per the Flex Plan —
although it’s not clear exactly what that means.
Health Plan

Nonexempt REI employees — those who receive overtime pay for logging
more than 40 hours in a week under the Fair Labor Standards Act —
averaging at least 20 hours per week can access the company’s Flex plan,
which shoulders most of the premium burden for medical and dental
coverage.

The exact share depends on the plan selected — there are several. Exact
premium costs aren’t publicly available. Vision coverage is less generous.
Other Benefits

REI also offers basic life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) plans
that are immediately available to part-timers who work 20 hours per week.
It shoulders the full cost of life and disability insurance.

The retirement plan includes a dollar-for-dollar company match, up to 5%

of total income, with the potential for a profit-sharing 401(k) deposit
equivalent to 10% of the employee’s total income.

Part-time staff can also apply for medical or personal leaves of absence,
which are approved on a case-by-case basis. Every REI employee is entitled
to generous discounts on REI products and services, including 30% off trips
taken with REI Adventures.

7. Staples
A brick-and-mortar retailer that still offers solid benefits to part-time
associates in its stores and warehouses? Believe it or not, that’s Staples, the
office supply giant that maintains a network of retail outlets to complement
its growing e-commerce engine.

Staples provides health insurance coverage and a slew of other benefits to

hourly and full-time employees, including store-based associates and
corporate campus workers.

However, Staples holds hourly workers to a strict definition of “part-time”

for its health insurance plan: working an average of 30 hours or more per
week during the plan’s measurement period.
Health Plan

For part-timers who qualify for Staples’ health plan, the benefits are quite
attractive: full coverage for in-network preventive care, relatively low
deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums, and reasonable coinsurance for
services not covered in full (the employee pays 20% of service costs).

Optional vision and dental coverage are available. Staples doesn’t publicly
reveal premiums for health, vision, or dental coverage, however.
Other Benefits

Part-time Staples employees qualify for a host of additional benefits,

including a 401(k) plan with a company match of 50% on the first 6% of
eligible contributions, various nonmedical insurance plans and voluntary
group benefits (disability insurance, life insurance, accidental death and
dismemberment insurance, and even pet health insurance), and retail
discounts (10% off all purchases online or in-store and an additional 10% off
branded Staples products).

8. Land’s End
With roughly 5,000 year-round employees, Dodgeville, Wisconsin-based
Land’s End is one of the smaller companies on this list. However, its retail
business is highly seasonal, creating part-time opportunities for thousands
of warehouse and customer support workers during the holidays.

Temporary and part-time workers are eligible for numerous benefits.

Health Plan
Land’s End offers dental and vision coverage to all employees upon hire,
although the details of these plans aren’t public. All workers also receive
access to an on-site medical clinic at Land’s End headquarters, which offers
low-cost preventive care and basic services.

Land’s End doesn’t offer subsidized health insurance for part-time

employees, but year-round and returning seasonal workers can purchase
group coverage at full cost. Seasonal workers who sign up to work the
following holiday season retain these benefits during the offseason.
Other Benefits

Nonseasonal Land’s End part-time staff are immediately eligible to

contribute to a 401(k) plan, the details of which aren’t publicly available.

All employees based at the company’s headquarters have free access to a

fitness center, which also offers wellness and medical training classes, such
as CPR, for a fee. An onsite health food store offers wholesale prices on
meats and veggies.

And all employees receive discounts on Land’s End products and at Sears
retail locations.

9. U-Haul
As the country’s largest self-serve moving firm, Phoenix-based U-Haul has
about 20,000 employees and tens of thousands of trucks, trailers, and
storage units. With a work-from-home customer service team and lots of
seasonal warehousing and sales positions, the company’s workforce is
flexible.

Part-time customer service roles average around $12 per hour, with
management earning a few dollars more, according to Indeed. And most
part-timers are eligible for employee benefits.
Health Plan

U-Haul offers a limited medical and dental plan that features a medical
reimbursement plan that covers the cost of specific medical services for
part-timers and temporary workers up to a defined benefit amount that’s
not publicly disclosed.

These medical benefits don’t meet the minimum requirements of the

Affordable Care Act, so supplemental insurance may be required. Full-time
employees are eligible for more generous medical plans that do meet the
ACA’s minimum requirements.

Separately, part-time and temporary U-Haul employees are eligible for

basic dental and vision coverage with 100% coverage for preventive visits
and exams and reasonable dental copays — 20% for basic services and 50%
for major services — once the low annual deductible is met.
Other Benefits

After a year of service, part-time U-Haul employees are eligible for a direct
stock purchase plan that’s 100% vested after six years. Part-timer U-
Haulers are eligible for the company’s 401(k) plan after 30 days of service
with a default contribution of 3% of gross pay, although there’s no company
match.

Additional perks include optional insurance coverages (including auto and

homeowners insurance), discounts on U-Haul equipment, and access to a
company credit union.

10. JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase & Co is a blue-chip financial institution with a storied
history and a reputation that’s alternately buttoned-up and high-flying.

Its products and services are too diverse to name here, but the most
recognizable bits of its business include consumer and business bank
accounts, private wealth management services, and a host of popular cash-
back credit cards and small-business credit cards.

Chase might not seem like the best choice for a part-time summer job or
side hustle, but it actually treats part-time employees pretty generously.
After 60 days of employment, those logging more than 20 hours per week
are eligible for a generous benefits package.
Health Plan

Chase employees can choose from one of two medical coverage options,
both of which qualify as “consumer-driven health options” with a medical
reimbursement account (MRA) that helps employees pay for certain
medical costs not covered by the plan itself.

Most plans cover 100% of the cost of in-network preventive care, no

exclusions for preexisting conditions, spouse and domestic partner care,
and more. In all cases, Chase shoulders some premium costs, although it
doesn’t make details of this arrangement public.

Generally, veteran employees and those with higher positions of

responsibility within the company enjoy more generous cost-sharing
arrangements.

Chase also supports three dental plan options with similar cost-sharing
arrangements: preferred dentist program (PDP), dental maintenance
organization (DMO)/dental health maintenance organization (DMHO), or
traditional indemnity dental option.

A separate health spending account option, with variable employer

contribution, is available as well.
Other Benefits

Chase offers a slew of additional benefits for 20-hour-plus employees:

flexible spending accounts (including accounts earmarked specifically for
transportation and elder care), long-term disability insurance paid in full
by Chase for employees earning under $60,000 per year (likely to include
most part-timers) and partially for higher-compensated employees, life
insurance, AD&D insurance, personal liability insurance, discounted
employee stock purchase program, 401(k) plans with variable but generous
employer contributions, and more.

11. Chipotle
Fans of fast-casual fare likely need no introduction to Chipotle, a Denver-
based quick-serve restaurant chain with more than 2,500 locations in
North America and more than 60,000 employees, many of whom work part-
time.

What’s more surprising, given the restaurant industry’s razor-thin margins

and high employee turnover, is Chipotle’s apparent commitment to its
part-time staff (“crew,” in Chipotle lingo)

Chipotle is also admirably transparent about its benefits package for part-
timers; a detailed summary is available here.
Health Plan

Most Chipotle crew members can choose from one of two medical coverage
options; California-based employees may have more options.
The Anthem Preventive Plus option has lower premiums but skimpier
coverage, while the Anthem Hourly PPO has higher premiums and more
generous benefits. Chipotle doesn’t make the specific details of either plan
available to the general public, however.

Chipotle also offers optional dental and vision coverage for hourly part-
timers. Specifics for these plans aren’t publicly available either.
Other Benefits

Chipotle offers a host of additional benefits, ranging from tasty (free meals
on every shift) to invaluable (free access to emotional counseling and
health care advocates).

a year of uninterrupted service, employees qualify for an additional slate of

benefits, including 40 hours of paid vacation time and 24 hours of paid sick
time per year, up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement, a company match in a
Chipotle 401(k) account, gym discounts, and discounts with retail partners
like AT&T and Verizon.

Final Word
While some companies have scaled back benefits for part-time employees,
it’s still possible to find national employers offering solid benefits packages
to part-time staff.

These benefits might not be as robust as those offered to full-time workers,

and they may have restrictions or limits on coverage, but employer-
sponsored health insurance plans still tend to be more affordable than
plans purchased on the private market, especially when companies help
subsidize the cost.

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