Group Health/Group Dental |
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Each year, the Belo Benefits team reviews the best medical and dental plans available for employees. Plan options may vary from year to year depending upon availability and provider networks. | |
Vision Care |
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| A freestanding vision care plan is offered. The plan provides benefits for eye examinations, glasses and contact lenses. |
Life Insurance - Basic Life |
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| When employees become eligible for health care coverage, they will automatically be enrolled in the group life insurance plan. The Company pays full premium for this coverage, which provides a benefit of two times the annual base salary. |
Life Insurance - Supplemental Life/Dependent Life |
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| In addition to the Company-paid benefit, employees may purchase supplemental coverage up to five times their annual base salary. The premium is based on the amount of coverage and age. Optional dependent life coverage, life insurance to cover a spouse and or children, is also available. |
Personal Accident Insurance |
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| This optional coverage provides a benefit for the employee and their family members in the case of death or some other disabling accidental injuries. Employees may purchase PAI coverage for themselves and their family at up to six times their base salary. |
Flexible Spending Accounts |
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| Employees may set aside part of their salary before taxes to pay for unreimbursed health care and/or dependent care expenses. Contributions may range from $300 to $4,000 to a health care reimbursement account and from $300 to $5,000 for the dependent care account. Belo offers a dollar for dollar match up to $20 per week on the dependent care reimbursement account. |
Business Travel Accident Insurance |
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| Employees are automatically provided with Business Travel Accident coverage. The principal sum is equal to 1.5 times their annual base salary with a minimum benefit of $100,000 and a maximum of $300,000. |
Long-Term Disability |
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| Long-term disability (LTD) insurance is automatically provided at no cost to the employee on the first of the month following 12 months of full-time employment. Should an employee become disabled, the plan will pay up to 60% of their pre-disability earnings. |
Belo Savings Plan - 401(K) |
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| Regular, full-time employees who are age 21 or older may join the plan as soon as administratively possible following their hire date. The plan enables eligible employees to contribute any amount of their eligible pay on a pre-tax basis, up to the annual IRS dollar limit. After an individual has been employed for one year, the Company begins to contribute 2% of your 401(k) eligible income into the account even if the employee chooses not to participate with their own contributions. In addition, after one year of employment, the Company contributes 75 cents (55 cents in Belo stock, 20 cents across their investment options) for each dollar of the first 6% of their eligible income that they put into the plan. |
Holidays |
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| Regular, full-time employees are entitled to 10 paid holidays each year. |
Sick Pay |
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| The company provides sick pay benefits for eligible employees after a specified time of employment. |
Vacation |
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| Either one or two weeks of vacation is given to new employees depending on their date of hire. Employees are awarded three weeks of vacation on their fifth January 1 and four weeks on their tenth January 1 following the date of employment. |
Other Benefits |
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Adoption Assistance Tuition Assistance Profit Performance Bonus Credit Union Employee Assistance Program Free Parking (on Company-owned lots), as available Subsidized Public Transportation
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