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100 Best Companies

By Palagano, Teresa
Publication: Working Mother
Date: Saturday, October 1 2005
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They're winners all-the Working Mother 100 Best Companies-and you'll find out why in the individual write-ups that follow. Each company had to be awesome when it came to flexible scheduling, child-care options and time off for

new parents, since those were the three areas we especially emphasized in our application this year. And as our fast facts and mini drawings show, our winners shine at helping us stay true to our jobs, our families and ourselves. They bring out the best. They are the best.

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Some 330 men took paid leave to care for their new babies in the first year of Abbott's new paternity leave policy.

ABBOTT * Abbott Park, IL

Pharmaceutical, health-care and nutritional products company

At Abbott, the pipeline for balancing the personal and professional lives of its roughly 30,000 employees is just as vital as the pipeline for discovering innovative drug therapies and health-care products. The company expanded its parental leave policy in 2004: Fathers get two weeks of paid leave, and adoption leave for primary caregivers may now be taken either before or after the adoption (for travel or to complete the process). The company provides flexible work arrangements, and a 24/7 telephone and online support program is available for employees who need help resolving serious work/life conflicts.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

  • Employee Paperwork for Small Businesses
    • Prior to welcoming new employees into the business and before you show them around the office, plant or sales floor, you should be prepared with ......
  • Vive la difference.
    • As the nation's demographics continue to shift, corporations that meet workforce diversity issues head-on can attract talented employees and compete more effectively in global markets....
  • The Women of Jack Laurie Commercial Floors
    • It's been said, "Behind every successful man there is a woman." ...
  • Hitting the Granite Ceiling
    • It's official - it doesn't pay to be a woman in NH. A recent study commissioned by the NH Women's Policy Institute and conducted by ......
  • And The Survey Says...
    • When employees talk, Top 100 companies listen.
  • Women dominate temporary-help industry here
    • A large percentage of Spokane's temporary-help agencies are run by women, and some of those women say that, in general, females tend to be better ......
  • A history of constant innovation
    • IMAGE TABLE 5 Workforce Optimas Awards 1991-2002: A Retrospective IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 7 SINCE 1991, THE WORKFORCE OPTIMAS AWARD winners have solved some of the biggest ......
  • Does your company discriminate? Yes, some...
    • BEFORE LANDING A POSITION AS A SALESMAN AT XEROX, FRANK WARREN SAYS HE WAS DENIED four times. He was also passed over, he says, for ......
  • Labor of love: these women worked while they...
    • Three-month-old Khyler's short, plump legs bounce up and down in a staccato symphony of movements, as his mother, Renee Kaawaloa, balances a stroller, a baby ......
  • Employees' Good Fortune
    • They go on with some generalities about the companies featured and conclude, "Today's lesson is that perks are nice, but employees are looking for something ......
  • Baby on board
    • HEADNOTE Ease the stress of pregnancy in the workplace by familiarizing yourself with your rights For some women, notifying their employer and coworkers about their ......
  • Companies find EAPs can foster diversity
    • HEADNOTE Small, Medium, Large IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 As the workplace becomes increasingly global, management and employees are faced with complex cultural issues that are not ......
  • Prudential Financial Ranked among...
    • Business Editors NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 2004 Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) announced today that it is among the Top 50 Companies selected by DiversityInc. This ......
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