At Black Hawk College, we prioritize the well-being of our employees. Discover the comprehensive benefits we offer, tailored to both part-time and full-time employees. Join us and experience a supportive work environment that values your growth, health and financial security.
Benefits package overview
This is a brief description of the college’s benefits package for part-time and full-time employees. The intent is to provide a high-level view of benefits. It does not provide a full detailed plan description and does not detail the Collective Bargaining Unit Agreements for each employee union.
Full-Time Faculty and Staff
Black Hawk College reserves the right to change insurance providers.
- Consociate Health insurance.
- Aetna provider nationwide network.
- Effective first day of employment.
- Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.
- Consociate Health for dental coverage.
- Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.
- 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.
- Employer-paid benefit.
- Employee paid by payroll deduction.
- Benefit is 50% of base salary after 90-day waiting period.
- Employee paid by payroll deduction.
- Supplemental 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.
- Employee paid by payroll deduction.
- Urgent care services.
- Provided virtually.
- 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.
Part-Time Staff
Black Hawk College reserves the right to change insurance providers.
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.
- Employee paid by payroll deduction.
- Urgent care services.
- Provided virtually.
- Employee paid by payroll deduction.
- Offers two types of coverage: Essential and Premier.
- Helps protect your identity and devices.
- Paid holidays (see Collective Bargaining Agreement for specifics)
- Personal days
- Sick leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Maternity/paternity leave
- Military leave
Tuition Reimbursement
- Part-time employee 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
- Six credit hours per semester for 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.
Adjunct Faculty
Black Hawk College reserves the right to change insurance providers.
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 & more.
- Available 24 hours per day/365 days a year.
- Employee paid by payroll deduction.
- Urgent care services.
- Provided virtually.
- Employee paid by payroll deduction.
- Offers two types of coverage: Essential and Premier.
- Helps protect your identity and devices.
- No paid/unpaid leave for adjuncts.
- Three absence days per semester.
All Employees
- Quad-City Bank & Trust Investments, Tyler Edwards and Dave Howell
- QC Investor Center Information
State University Retirement (SURS) (PDF)
- State requirement for employees who meet minimum criteria of employment.
SURS Deferred Compensation Plan (DCP) - 457(b) plan (PDF)
- This is an additional optional SURS retirement plan.
Recognized Holidays & Recess*
- New Year’s Day
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Presidents' Day
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth (when it falls on a weekday)
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day (varies depending upon the year)
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Day after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve Day
- Christmas Day
- Holiday Recess - week between Christmas and New Year's
* Holidays may vary. Please refer to Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) for official listing.
Calendar is tentative and subject to change.