Asking Your Employer for Commuting Programs
If your employer does not have a commuting program or does not encourage a certain commute option or work option that would work for you, it never hurts to ask! Research the topic (on your time) and provide a business case for implementing a commuting program, subsidy, or work options. If you can show a benefit to your employer that exceeds any costs, progress can't be too far behind.
Help Your Employer Choose Transportation Offerings
Do you want to know what options are available for your employer? See what other employers in Bellevue are doing and how to get assistance in developing your company's commute options program!
Model Employer Commute Programs – Check out Commuter Challenge, a local commuter non-profit group, for examples of effective commuter programs.
King County Metro Commute Trip Reduction Services – Assistance for King County employers affected by the Commute Trip Reduction Law
Is Your Work Site Located In Bellevue?
- FlexPass
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If so, your employer may be eligible to purchase a deeply discounted package of commute benefits, saving money and providing a more extensive commute benefit to you! FlexPass is an annual, comprehensive transportation benefits program that includes transit, rail, vanpool, and emergency taxi ride features. If your employer is currently providing a transit or vanpool subsidy, this could save the organization money while providing a more extensive commute benefit package for you. To learn more, please visit the FlexPass page and share this information with your employer.
- Pre-tax Benefits
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If FlexPass is not the right fit for your company, check out the Pre-Tax benefits that your employer can give you. Federal law allows employers three ways to offer their employees a commute benefit free of payroll taxes to reduce an employee's cost of public transportation.
These options are:
- Offering employees a tax-free employer-paid subsidy, or
- Providing a pre-tax payroll deduction
- Or offering a combination of both
The law applies in King County when the company (or qualified third party) delivers the commute benefit to the employee in the form of a pass, ticketbook or voucher. Click here to learn more!