Our Benefits
We offer benefits well beyond a paycheck. For eligible roles, we offer a benefits package designed to help protect employees’ health and safety, emotional wellbeing and financial security. Many of these benefits extend to the protection of family members and help contribute to work-life balance.
- Health benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, health and dependent care spending accounts, long-term care coverage and an employee assistance program that provides free, confidential counseling services to employees and their families.
- Wellness benefits comprise a free, self-paced plan that offers Blue employees information, tools and incentives for making healthy lifestyle choices, including:
- Printed and online wellness resources and activity log
- Annual employee health fair
- Educational classes, seminars and wellness events
- Individual fitness profiles and and counseling on request
Those who participate can earn points toward quarterly prizes and even cash awards each year.
- Wealth benefits include a bonus program, traditional 401(k) plan, a Roth 401(k) plan and a Retirement Plus program. Employees also enjoy the services of an on-site credit union and generous discounts on various products and services.
- Paid time-off benefits are generous and include time for vacation and sickness as well as for community service through Team Blue.
- Education benefits include in-house learning opportunities and educational support at accredited entities.
- Our Blue Cross Learning Institute (BCLI) offers free classes, e-learning courses, training events and leadership and development programs for employees.
- The Educational Assistance Program reimburses eligible employees for undergraduate or graduate school and all job-relevant professional certifications and designations.
- Work-life balance is crucial at BCBSLA, with benefits that include educational work-life sessions, stress management resources and flexible work hours to support and accommodate the diverse needs of employees’ families, personal matters and unexpected life events.
- Lagniappe – in Louisiana, it’s a well-known word that means “a little something extra.” In addition to all of the above, Blue Cross offers lagniappe benefits like company-sponsored sports teams, a charitable gift matching program, and a full-service cafeteria where spouses, family members and friends can join employees for breakfast and lunch. Employees and visitors can eat, have coffee and take breaks in the bright and airy atrium or on an outdoor terrace overlooking a lake and fountain.
