Can Employers Contribute Different Amounts Health Insurance? 
They can as long as they are not discriminating within a class of employees . For example , it is not uncommon for an employer to contribute on dollar or percentage amount towards the coverage of salaried employees and another dollar or percentage amount towards hourly employees . This is quite common where a labor union collectively bargained agreement is in place . Where an employer can get in trouble is where they choose to discriminate within the same class of employees . So , as a general rule all salaried employees should be treated the same from an employer contribution standpoint as should be the case with all hourly employees . Contributing 50 % of the cost for one salaried employee and 75 % of the cost for another similarly situated salariedemployee could be the grounds for a labor discrimination lawsuit for the employer . 