Holidays Latitude provides time off for employees to observe major holidays during the course of the year. In 2000, Latitude will observe nine paid holidays and one personal holiday. The company also realizes that during the course of the year, there will be instances in which an employee needs to be absent from work, other than for vacation. These instances would include illness, death in the family, doctor visits, attention to children or other dependents, and other emergency situations. This equates to around 10-12 days per year.
Employees are eligible for coverage the first of the following month after their hire date.
A more detailed description of health benefits is provided in the Plan Summary document, provided by the benefit carrier. With the Blue Cross insurance plan, employees have a choice of coverage. The Company also offers Kaiser Permanente HMO for our California-based employees. Under the PPO Plan, employees can use a physician, hospital, or treatment center that is a member of Blue Cross provider network. Or, alternatively, employees can use a provider of their choice, which is not a member of Blue Cross network.