Trades · Construction · Manufacturing

A workers' comp and benefits solution built for blue-collar employers.

Workers' compensation, group health, and HSA-eligible plan design for construction, manufacturing, transportation, and skilled-trades employers, under one platform, with renewal and audit support.

Class-code audit included MOD-rate management Bilingual EN/ES onboarding
MOD strategy
Construction MOD-rate strategy
Experience modification reflects three trailing years. We target 0.10 to 0.30 point reductions over 18 to 36 months.
Premium recovery
Class-code audit + recovery
NCCI / state class-code reviews and audit dispute representation routinely recapture prior-policy-year overcharges.
Health pairing
Health plans that pair with HSA
2026 IRS HSA limits: $4,400 individual / $8,750 family. HDHP designs that work for hourly multi-shift teams.
Communication
Bilingual onboarding (EN/ES)
Plan summaries, enrollment forms, and benefits webinars delivered in English and Spanish.
What Benefitra brings to trades and manufacturing

Four pillars. One platform.

Benefitra is the parent platform for benefits brokerage, HR SaaS, marketing, and decision-support tools. Construction, manufacturing, transportation, and skilled-trades employers can adopt one pillar or stack them.

Insurance

Workers' compensation, general liability, commercial auto, group health, and disability under one broker.

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Employee Benefits

HDHP + HSA stacks designed for variable-hour and multi-shift teams. Voluntary accident and critical illness add resilience.

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Marketing & SEO

Lead engines that put your shop, your fleet, or your trade in front of GCs and end-customers searching now.

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Business Tools / SaaS

MOD-rate calculator, COI generator, OSHA logbook templates, and 586 free decision-support calculators.

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How the blue-collar stack works

Built for the way trades actually run.

Crews start at 5am, work jobs across state lines, and rotate in seasonal labor. The benefits stack has to handle the realities of the work, not the office-job assumptions most brokers default to.

Workers' comp class-code optimization. Class codes assigned by NCCI or state rating bureaus determine your rate per $100 of payroll. A misapplied code on even a small portion of payroll can cost thousands per year. We audit every code against actual job duties, supervisor classifications, and dual-wage thresholds for residential and commercial work, and pursue premium recovery for prior policy years where the audit finds overcharges.

MOD-rate management. Your experience modification factor (MOD) multiplies your manual premium. A 1.20 MOD costs 20 percent more than the bureau rate, while a 0.85 MOD pays 15 percent less. Reducing the MOD requires loss-prevention investment, return-to-work programs, prompt claim-reporting discipline, and supervisor training. Benefitra tracks the MOD math each renewal, models the impact of pending claims, and coordinates with the carrier on disputed losses.

OSHA and safety-program credit. Many carriers offer schedule credits, dividend programs, or rate reductions for documented safety programs, regular toolbox talks, OSHA 10 / OSHA 30 supervisor certification, and clean inspection histories. We document and submit these credits at every renewal so they actually show up on the premium quote.

Group health funding for hourly workforces. Variable-hour workforces create ACA measurement-period and stability-period administration that most brokers under-serve. We set the measurement period, track lookback eligibility, and pair the group plan with a self-funded or level-funded design when the workforce permits it. HDHP + HSA combinations work especially well for hourly teams that want take-home cash flexibility.

Bilingual benefits communication. Enrollment season fails when materials only exist in English and supervisors are translating informally on the jobsite. We deliver plan summaries, enrollment forms, and benefits webinars in both English and Spanish, with bilingual enrollment representatives available at jobsite or shop-floor enrollment events. Higher participation, fewer mid-year disputes.

Construction

GCs and specialty trades

Dual-wage residential / commercial structure, additional-insured endorsements, prevailing-wage compatibility, COI-on-demand.

Manufacturing

Shop floor and fabrication

Multi-shift health plan design, ergonomics-program credits, OSHA recordkeeping support, captive-eligible at the right size.

Transportation

Fleets and skilled trades

Auto + workers' comp coordination, DOT-driver health requirements, mobile-workforce enrollment, ELD-aware risk management.

What blue-collar employers say

Real shops. Real crews. Real outcomes.

The class-code audit alone recovered $48,000 from the prior two policy years. That paid for the whole engagement and then some. The new MOD is half a point lower than before.

— Specialty trades contractor

Bilingual enrollment changed everything. Participation went from 40 percent to 78 percent in one cycle, and the questions our supervisors had to field dropped to almost zero.

— Regional manufacturer

Having one broker handle workers' comp, the auto policy, and the health plan means I get one call when something happens and one renewal calendar to track. Worth every dollar.

— Fleet operator, mid-Atlantic
Frequently asked questions

Blue-collar workers' comp, answered.

Common questions from construction, manufacturing, transportation, and skilled-trades employers.

Can my MOD rate actually come down?
Yes, but the levers take time. Your experience modification factor reflects three trailing policy years of payroll and losses against NCCI or state expected losses. Reducing severity (closing claims faster, return-to-work programs) and frequency (safety programs, supervisor training) both lower the MOD over the next renewal cycle. We routinely see 0.10 to 0.30 MOD reductions over 18 to 36 months when an employer commits to the underlying claim and safety work.
Will switching workers' comp affect my contracts?
Most general contractors and owners require Certificates of Insurance with specific limits, additional-insured endorsements, and waiver-of-subrogation language. Switching carriers is fine if the new policy matches or exceeds those requirements. We pre-clear COI templates with your top contracts before binding to avoid contract-compliance gaps at the switch.
Do you handle the audit process?
Yes. Annual workers' comp premium audits frequently produce over-billings from misapplied class codes, misclassified subcontractors, or improper overtime treatment. We attend the audit, contest disputed findings, and pursue premium recovery for prior policy years where appropriate. Recovery from a single audit dispute often pays for the year's brokerage relationship.
What about my undocumented workers?
Workers' compensation in most states covers injured workers regardless of immigration status, since the policy is for the employer's legal protection. Group health eligibility is governed by federal ACA rules and plan documents, and we structure plans that comply with those rules and avoid discrimination tests. We do not offer immigration legal advice and recommend pairing benefits work with qualified counsel.
Can I bundle health and workers' comp?
Yes. Single-broker placement of workers' comp, group health, voluntary benefits, and disability under one platform reduces overhead, standardizes COI and enrollment workflows, and lets the broker see the full risk picture across both health and injury exposure. It also simplifies the annual renewal calendar, one strategist, one set of renewal letters, one onboarding window.

Get your workers' comp + health analysis.

Send us your last two policy declarations and a current census. We deliver a class-code audit, MOD projection, and health-plan funding-fit grade in under two weeks.

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