How do COLA (cost-of-living) adjustments work at UPS?

COLA kicks in when CPI rises past a contractual threshold, adding cents-per-hour to the wage rate on set review dates.

The UPS National Master Agreement ties a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to movement in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). On the contractually defined review dates, the change in CPI from a baseline is measured; once it crosses the threshold spelled out in the Master, a cents-per-hour COLA is added to the wage rate for covered employees.

COLA only applies to top-rate full-time employees in most years and is paid on top of the general wage increase, not in place of it. When CPI doesn't move enough to trigger, no COLA is owed for that review period.

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