Employee Benefits

Black Hawk College reserves the right to change insurance providers.

Medical Insurance

• Consociate Health insurance.
• Aetna provider nationwide network.
• Effective first day of employment.
• Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.

Dental Insurance

• Consociate Health for dental coverage.
• Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.

Vision Insurance

• Consociate Health for vision coverage.
• Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.

Life Insurance ( Professional Staff Term Life - All Other Eligible Employee Term Life)

• Employer-paid benefit.
• Two times (2x) annual salary.

Long-Term Disability

• Employer-paid benefit.
• Employee paid by payroll deduction.
• Benefit is 50% of base salary after 90-day waiting period.

AFLAC

• Employee paid by payroll deduction.
• Supplemental insurance.

Voluntary Life Insurance

• Employee paid by payroll deduction.
• Optional for employee, spouse and children.

Voluntary Long-Term Disability

• Employee paid by payroll deduction.
• Benefit is 60% of base salary after 90-day waiting period.

Serve You RX Mail Order Pharmacy

• BHC uses a mandatory mail order pharmacy.
• Used for maintenance and specialty prescriptions.
• Generic prescriptions are a $0 cost.

Flexible Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending

• The amount is payroll deducted on a pre-tax basis.
• Covers co-pays, deductibles, prescription costs, etc.
• DCS used for preschools, summer camps, before/after school program and adult day care.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Free counseling, financial, legal services, personal and career growth and more.
• Available 24 hours per day/365 days a year.

MeMD

• Employee paid by payroll deduction.
• Urgent care services.
• Provided virtually.

Norton LifeLock

• Employee paid by payroll deduction.
• Offers two types of coverage: Essential and Premier.
• Helps protect your identity and devices.

• Paid holidays
• Vacation (not available for nine-month Faculty members)
• Personal days
• Sick leave
• Bereavement leave
• Jury duty
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Maternity/paternity leave
• Military leave

Tuition Reimbursement

• Full-time employees may receive tuition reimbursement.
• Only tuition will be subject to reimbursement.
• More details are available per Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
• Professional development funds also are available.

Tuition Waiver

• Applies to college-credit BHC courses.
• May be used for employee, spouse and employee’s children (under age 25).
• Only tuition cost will be waived. No other fees or costs of a course will be waived.