Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) is one company that goes out of its way to make life as easy as possible for employees hitting the roads and rails.  In fact, the company was designated a NJ Smart Workplace by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.  The company’s Penn Plaza office won a Platinum award and its Wall and West Trenton offices each won Gold awards.  Horizon BCBSNJ received the recognition for the company’s commitment to reducing traffic congestion and improving air quality through work-site based employee commuting options.

“By offering benefits such as flextime, vanpools, pretax payroll deductions, and other programs that encourage the use of mass transit, we are taking our employees off the roadways during peak travel hours, that saves time for our employees and cuts down on pollution,” said Lakia Haywood, Human Resources Consultant at Horizon BCBSNJ.

The New Jersey Department of Transportation recognized Horizon BCBSNJ’s many transportation and commuting program initiatives, including:
• Participating with a local transportation management association (TMA).
• Hosting commuter events at the worksite.
• Designating an on site point of contact for employee commuting inquiries.
• Offering flextime, telecommuting, and a compressed workweek as part of an Alternative Work Arrangement Program.
• Hosting a commuter information rack or providing transit schedules.
• Disseminating traffic alerts to employees.
• Hosting on-site vanpool or carpool formation meetings.
• Providing pretax payroll deductions for commuting.
• Offering on-site amenities such as food service, ATM/bank, sundries.

About Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey is the oldest and largest health insurer in the state serving over 3.6 million members. Horizon BCBSNJ is New Jersey's only not-for-profit, health services corporation and is headquartered in Newark with offices in Wall, Mt. Laurel, and West Trenton.

Horizon BCBSNJ provides a broad array of health and dental insurance products and services for individuals and small and large companies, including national companies headquartered in New Jersey.  Horizon BCBSNJ is committed to improving the health care experience for all the communities we serve as well as helping our members become and stay healthy.

Horizon BCBSNJ’s Web site is located at www.HorizonBlue.com. Horizon BCBSNJ is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.