Working Mother 100 Best Companies Survey
For nearly 25 years, the Working Mother 100 Best Companies has set the standard for work/life practices in the United States. Today, millions of women seek out the October issue of Working Mother to get comprehensive information about companies that do an exemplary job of advancing women and helping employees balance work and family. As competition for the best employees intensifies among companies, being named one of the 100 Best Companies is a valuable recruiting and retention tool. Your participation will also help you to see how your company compares to the hundreds of others that apply.
We want to celebrate the way companies support their working-parent employees and to publicize the progressive policies and programs that can help other organizations succeed as well. The Working Mother 100 Best Companies raises the awareness of the issues working mothers face in the workplace, and encourages implementation of programs to address those issues. By asking companies to track employee usage of programs, we focus attention on achieving measurable results.
All companies that apply, including those that do not make the Working Mother 100 Best, receive feedback showing how they compared to all other applicants. Winning companies are featured in the October issue of Working Mother magazine. Every year the issue gains national attention and is sought out by millions of women eager to learn which companies are meeting their needs. Winning companies are also invited to celebrate at the 100 Best Companies Work/Life Congress, held every October. Above all, the Working Mother 100 Best shines a spotlight on companies that are employers of choice for the millions of working mothers determined to succeed.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Public or private companies are invited to apply, including companies, corporations, and autonomous subsidiaries that offer their own benefits program and report to their own CEO. Government Educational institutions, even if state supported, are eligible.
The following organizations are NOT eligible to apply: Divisions of companies and companies in the business of providing work/life or child-care services or consulting, and government agencies (taxation and revenue departments, motor vehicle bureaus, military, legislatures, executive branches, judiciaries, prosecutorial offices, etc.).
Applicants must also meet the following eligibility requirements:
1. Must offer FMLA benefits
2. Must offer some PAID maternity leave (including disability pay)
3. Must offer some type of flex benefits
4. Must have a minimum of 500 employees
Please be sure that only one contact per company registers for this survey. This individual will receive all email alerts and be provided with an email link to the company’s application when it goes live. The registered contact will be the single point of contact for all survey-related correspondence.
DEADLINES
Companies are encouraged to register now to stay informed of upcoming deadlines. The application itself will go live in mid-December 2009, and will remain open to applicants until mid-March, 2010.
QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about the application, eligibility requirements, or anything else pertaining to this initiative, please contact Kristen Willoughby, Manager, Editorial Research & Initiatives, at 212-219-7491 or kristen.willoughby@workingmother.com.
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