General Information

The Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (SUB) Fund was established in 1967 in recognition of the often sporadic nature of employment in our industry. It provides unemployment benefits to those members who work i.e. under the Heavy & Highway, Surveyor and Building contracts. Members who perform work under the Plant, Permanent Shop and Equipment Dealer contracts receive vacation pay in lieu of SUB.

You should always file your SUB claim within 30 days (from the pay date of your state benefit), even if you are not sure whether it will be paid. If, for example, your employer is delinquent and you do not currently have enough hours to be eligible for SUB, provided you file your claims on a timely basis, we will honor them when your employer remits the hours.

The Board of Trustees determines the amount of SUB Fund benefits at the beginning of each SUB Fund Benefit Year. The 2024-2025 SUB benefit year begins with weekend ending November 9th, 2024 and runs through September 27, 2025. The weekly benefit amount will be $170.00.

For further information, please refer to the Benefit Funds website ISite.local478.org.