3 0 T H A N N I V E RSA RY 100 BEST COMPANIES 2015 E X EC U T I V E S U M M A RY BACKGROUND ON THE INITIATIVE For 30 years, the Working Mother 100 Best Companies have set the standard for work life practices in the United States. The Working Mother Research Institute collects data on the workforces and policies of the winning companies in order to: •Reveal how the Best Companies lead in the areas of representation, benefits, advancement, child care, flexible work arrangements, parental leave and company culture. •Create a benchmark of progressive policies and programs that make organizations succeed. •Raise awareness of the issues working mothers and all employees face in the workplace and encourage the development of programs to address those issues. •Promote the interests of working mothers in corporate America by honoring companies that successfully help employees integrate home and work. Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 2 30 YEARS OF BEST COMPANIES The Working Mother Best Companies list began in 1986 with 30 companies, when the fastest growing segment in the American workforce was women—especially working mothers. Since then, the initiative has changed the way the country thinks about working moms, who are no longer a novelty in the office. Benefits and policies that make life easier for women with kids at home are the same ones that help dads, people caring for elderly relatives, people with volunteer commitments and anyone with a time-intensive hobby to maintain a vibrant career while pursuing their personal interests. The original Best Companies list focused on a number of areas, including: •Compensation •Opportunities for advancement •Parent-friendly benefits, including maternity leave, flexibility, child care and job sharing The Working Mother Best Companies application now includes 500 questions focusing on all areas of work life, including benefits, flexibility, parental leave, advancement and child care. Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 3 PINNACLE AWARD IBM and Johnson & Johnson are the only companies to have earned a place on the list all 30 years. 30 YEARS Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies 30 YEARS workingmother.com/wmri • 4 CONGRATULATIONS! T H E 2 0 1 5 WO R K I N G MOT H E R 1 0 0 B E ST COM PA N I E S A.T. Kearney CA Technologies HP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Abbott TOP 10 Capital One Financial IBM TOP 10 The PNC Financial Services Group AbbVie Cardinal Health Intel Principal Financial Group Accenture Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Johnson & Johnson PwC TOP 10 ADP Citi Colgate-Palmolive JPMorgan Chase Procter & Gamble The Advisory Board Company Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Credit Suisse Allstate Insurance Diageo North America American Express AOL Arnold & Porter Astellas Pharma US AstraZeneca Avon Products Bain & Co. Deloitte TOP 10 Discovery Communications The Dow Chemical Company Dow Corning Corporation DuPont Eli Lilly and Company EY TOP 10 Katten Muchin Rosenman Kellogg KPMG TOP 10 LEGO Systems L’Oréal USA March of Dimes Foundation MassMutual Financial Group MasterCard McGladrey McKinsey & Co. TOP 10 Prudential Financial Qualcomm Roche Diagnostics Ryan SC Johnson Scripps Health State Street Takeda Pharmaceuticals TIAA-CREF TriHealth Turner Broadcasting System Bank of America Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Baptist Health South Florida FINRA Barclays First Horizon National BDO USA Freddie Mac Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina GE Boehringer Ingelheim USA Genentech New York Life Bon Secours Virginia Health System General Mills TOP 10 Northern Trust WellStar Health System TOP 10 Booz Allen Hamilton Goldman Sachs Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Yale University The Boston Consulting Group Grant Thornton Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Zoetis TOP 10 Bristol-Myers Squibb Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ Ogilvy & Mather Zurich North America Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies Merck MetLife Moffitt Cancer Center Morgan Stanley Moss Adams UBS Unilever University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Verizon Viacom workingmother.com/wmri • 5 OVERVIEW Chemical (including Petro) The 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies employ almost Consumer Products (including Cosmetics, Food and Beverages) 2.1 million people Financial Services in 15 industries at more than Education Hospitals/Health Care Insurance Legal Manufacturing Media, Internet and Advertising Non-profit/Not-for-profit Pharmaceutical 32,000 worksites Professional Services, Management Consulting, Accounting nationwide. Retail and Apparel Of these employees, almost a million—46%—are women. Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies Science, Technology, Engineering, Aerospace, Medical Devices Telecommunications workingmother.com/wmri • 6 SUMMARY OF 2015 FINDINGS: THEN & NOW THEN: At the 1986 Working Mother Best Companies, women represent an average of 33% of the workforce and 26% of managers. NOW: Women represent 46% of the total workforce and 43% of managers, on average. THEN: In 1986, two Best Companies are led by female CEOs; however, no Fortune 100 company has a female CEO. NOW: Eleven Best Companies are led by female CEOs, and nine women lead a company in the Fortune 100. THEN: In the late 1980s, only 5 of 30 Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave, ranging from 1 week to 8 weeks. None report offering paid leave for new dads or adoptive parents. NOW: All Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave to full-time employees, while a majority offer paid paternity and paid adoption leave. THEN: In 1986, seven of 30 Best Companies offer flextime, the ability to shift hours slightly to start earlier or later in the day. Only two allow employees to work from home. NOW: All 100 Best Companies offer flextime and telecommuting, while a majority offer job sharing and compressed workweeks Source: 1986, 1987, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies and fortune.com/2015/06/29/female-ceos-fortune-500 workingmother.com/wmri • 7 FEMALE REPRESENTATION: THEN & NOW THEN: At the 1986 Working Mother Best Companies, women represent an average of 33% of the workforce and 26% of managers. NOW: Women represent 46% of the total workforce and 43% of managers, on average. WOM E N Total Employees Managers Source: 1986, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies MEN 2015 46% 54% 1986 33% 67% 2015 43% 57% 1986 26% 74% workingmother.com/wmri • 8 FEMALE REPRESENTATION For 2015, female representation holds steady at 46% of all employees at the Best Companies, consistent with last year. Representation of women increased one percentage point at the manager level year over year, but declined slightly at the senior manager level (to 34% from 36%). WOM E N Total Employees Managers Senior Managers Corporate Executives Source: 2014, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies MEN 2015 46% 54% 2014 46% 54% 2015 43% 57% 2014 42% 58% 2015 34% 66% 2014 36% 65% 2015 26% 74% 2014 26% 74% workingmother.com/wmri • 9 PROMOTION RATES FOR WOMEN At the 2015 Best Companies, women received an average of 41% of all promotions to manager, senior manager and corporate executive combined (down one percentage point from a year ago). Women received 32% of promotions to corporate executive positions, consistent with 2014. Female promotions to manager and senior manager are down slightly. P E RC E N TAG E O F P ROMOT I O N S R EC E I V E D BY WOM E N Promotion to Manager Promotion to Senior Manager Promotion to Corporate Executive 2015 42% 2015 39% 2015 32% 2014 44% 2014 40% 2014 32% Source: 2014, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 10 WOMEN ON TOP: THEN & NOW THEN: In 1986, two Best Companies are led by female CEOs, but no Fortune 100 company has a female CEO. NOW: Eleven Best Companies are led by female CEOs, and nine women lead a company in the Fortune 100. Source: 1986, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 11 FEMALE REPRESENTATION: CORPORATE EXECUTIVES Women hold 26% of corporate executive positions at the 2015 100 Best Companies, consistent with last year. P E RC E N TAG E O F CO R P O R AT E E X EC U T I V E S W H O A R E WOM E N 22% 23% 23% 26% 26% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Source: 2011–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 12 FEMALE REPRESENTATION IN LEADERSHIP At the Best Companies, women make up about a third (34%) of the top fifth of earners and almost a quarter (24%) of board of director members. P E RC E N TAG E O F L E A D E RS H I P P OS I T I O N S H E L D BY WOM E N AT T H E 2 0 1 5 B E ST COM PA N I E S Top 20% earners 34% Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies Direct reports to CEO 29% Board of directors 24% Executives with P&L responsibilities 22% workingmother.com/wmri • 13 CORPORATE EXECUTIVE FEMALE HIRES Women made up 22% of the corporate executives hired into the 2015 Best Companies, down slightly from 23% last year. CO R P O R AT E E X EC U T I V E F E M A L E H I R E S Source: 2014, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies 2015 22% 2014 23% workingmother.com/wmri • 14 PAID FAMILY LEAVE: THEN & NOW THEN: Only 5 of 30 Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave, ranging from 1 week to 8 weeks. None report offering paid leave for new dads or adoptive parents. NOW: : All Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave to full-time employees, while a majority offer paid paternity and paid adoption leave. Source: 1987, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 15 YEAR OVER YEAR: MATERNITY LEAVE On average, the Best Companies offer 8 weeks of fully paid maternity leave—up one week from last year. The average number of weeks of partially paid maternity leave at the Best Companies holds steady at 6 weeks. PA I D M AT E R N I T Y L E AV E O F F E R E D 9 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave Average weeks of partially paid maternity leave Source: 2008–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 16 YEAR OVER YEAR: PATERNITY AND ADOPTION LEAVE Best Companies, on average, continue to offer 3 weeks of paid paternity leave and 5 weeks of paid adoption leave for caregivers. PA I D PA R E N TA L L E AV E O F F E R E D 5 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 3 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average weeks of fully paid paternity leave Average weeks of fully paid adoption leave Source: 2008–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 17 USAGE OF PAID FAMILY LEAVE Full-time exempt mothers at the 2015 100 Best Companies took an average of 9 weeks of fully-paid maternity leave, up from an average of 8 weeks since 2011. Full-time exempt fathers continue to take an average of 2 weeks of fully-paid paternity leave, while full-time exempt adoptive parents take an average of 5 weeks—up from 4 weeks since 2013. U SAG E O F PA I D PA R E N TA L L E AV E 8 8 8 8 9 5 2 2 2 2 5 4 4 5 2 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave taken by full-time exempt mothers Average weeks of fully-paid paternity leave taken by full-time exempt fathers Average weeks of fully paid adoption leave taken by full-time exempt employees Source: 2011–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 18 BEST VS. REST: PAID PARENTAL LEAVE All Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave to full-time employees. The past three years have seen a steady increase in the number of Best Companies offering paid adoption leave and paid paternity leave, while nationwide these figures have held steady or increased only slightly. P E RC E N TAG E O F E M P LOY E RS O F F E R I N G PA R E N TA L L E AV E Nationwide 100% 100 Best Companies 100% 93% 90% 81% 5% 2012 5% 2014/2015 Fully Paid Maternity Leave 17% 2012 78% 17% 2015 Paid Adoption Leave Source: 2012, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2012 and 2015 benefits surveys of Society for Human Resource Management members and the 2012 and 2014 National Study of Employers, Family and Work Institute 16% 2012 17% 2015 Paid Paternity Leave workingmother.com/wmri • 19 BEST VS. REST: PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS Nationwide, the percentage of employers offering child care resource and referral services (9%), adoption assistance (7%), and lactation support services (5%), has shrunk since 2012. However, nearly all Best Companies support these programs for employee parents. P E RC E N TAG E O F E M P LOY E RS O F F E R I N G P RO G R A M S FO R PA R E N TS Nationwide 100% 100% 96% 93% 30% 100 Best Companies 93% 93% 92% 89% 86% 35% 17% 9% 2012 91% 2015 On-site lactation room 2012 2015 Child care resource and referral services 9% 7% 2012 2015 Adoption assistance 6% 2012 5% 2015 Lactation support services 4% 3% 2012 2015 Backup child care Source: 2012, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2012 and 2015 benefits surveys of Society for Human Resource Management members workingmother.com/wmri • 20 FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS: THEN & NOW THEN: In 1986, seven of 30 Best Companies offer flextime, the ability to shift hours slightly to start earlier or later in the day. Only two allow employees to work from home. NOW: All 100 Best Companies offer flextime and telecommuting, while a majority offer job sharing and compressed workweeks. Source: 1986, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 21 BEST VS. REST: FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS Nationwide, access to flextime, telecommuting, job sharing and compressed workweeks increased slightly in the past year. By contrast, every Best Company offers flextime and telecommuting. P E RC E N TAG E O F E M P LOY E RS O F F E R I N G ACC E S S TO F L E X I B L E WO R K A R R A N G E M E N TS Nationwide 100% 100 Best Companies 100% 94% 82% 59% 54% 49% 53% 53% 53% 52% 54% 57% 58% 59% 60% 55% 53% 57% 51% 37% 37% 34% 35% 35% 35% 29% 31% 18% 16% ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 Flextime ’15 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 Telecommuting ’15 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 13% 13% 12% 10% 9% 10% ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 Compressed Work Weeks Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2008–2015 benefits surveys of Society for Human Resource Management members ’15 Job Sharing workingmother.com/wmri • 22 YEAR OVER YEAR: USAGE OF FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS The percentage of employees at Best Companies using flex, telecommuting and compressed work schedules declined slightly year-over-year. The average percentage of employees using a compressed work schedule is at its lowest rate (19%) in the past six years. P E RC E N TAG E O F WO R K FO RC E U S I N G F L E X I B L E WO R K A R R A N G E M E N TS 71% 72% 75% 77% 78% 77% 74% 46% 50% 50% 50% 52% 55% 53% 26% 25% ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 Usage of Flex ’14 ’15 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 Usage of Telecommuting Source: 2009–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; usage based on total workforce ’15 ’09 ’10 31% 29% ’11 ’12 23% ’13 20% 19% ’14 ’15 Usage of a Compressed Work Schedule workingmother.com/wmri • 23 USAGE OF FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS Women at the Best Companies use flextime and remote work at a slightly higher rate than men do, while men telecommute at the same rate. Ninety-nine percent of the Best Companies review requests for flexibility through an equitable process. U SAG E O F F L E X I B L E WO R K A R R A N G E M E N TS AT 2 0 1 5 B E ST COM PA N I E S Flextime Telecommuting 74% 53% of Total Workforce 72% of Men 74% of Women Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies Remote Work 17% of Total Workforce 53% of Men 53% of Women of Total Workforce 16% of Men 17% of Women workingmother.com/wmri • 24 YEAR OVER YEAR: WOMEN’S ISSUES & ADVANCEMENT All 2015 Best Companies offer management or leadership training. The percentage of Best Companies offering sponsorship grew to 69% last year from 62%. P E RC E N TAG E O F B E ST COM PA N I E S T H AT S U P P O RT WOM E N ’ S I S S U E S A N D A DVA N C E M E N T P RO G R A M S 100% 100% 99% 99% 97% 99% 98% 97% 95% 95% 94% 94% 69% 62% 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 Management or Leadership Training Executive Coaching Affinity/ Network Groups Formal Mentoring Program Career Counseling Formal Executive Succession Planning Sponsorship Program Source: 2014, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 25 YEAR OVER YEAR: SPONSORSHIP Support for sponsorship continues to grow. The percentage of 2015 Best Companies that offer sponsorship has increased 23 percentage points from 2011. P E RC E N TAG E O F B E ST COM PA N I E S T H AT S U P P O RT S P O N S O RS H I P P RO G R A M S 46% 2011 Source: 2011–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies 52% 2012 58% 2013 62% 2014 69% 2015 workingmother.com/wmri • 26 YEAR OVER YEAR: USAGE OF WOMEN’S ISSUES & ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMS More women at the 2015 Best Companies participate in affinity/network groups, management/leadership training, and sponsorship than did so last year. In particular, female participation in affinity/network groups has increased steadily since 2011, up to 38% this year. By contrast, female participation in career counseling continues to decline this year (to 43% from 52% last year) and female participation in mentoring posted a slight decrease. P E RC E N TAG E O F WOM E N PA RT I C I PAT I N G I N WOM E N ’ S I S S U E S & A DVA N C E M E N T P RO G R A M S 59% 52% 46% 40% 43% 34% 36% 38% 25% 27% 25% 25% 24% 24% 19% 17% 23% 18% 25% 20% 7% 6% 7% 4% 5% 4% 5% 4% 5% 5% 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 1% 0.8% ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 Career Counseling Affinity/ Network Groups Formal Mentoring Program Management or Leadership Training Sponsorship Program Formal Executive Succession Planning Executive Coaching Source: 2011–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies *Usage based on total female workforce workingmother.com/wmri • 27 FEMALE VS. MALE PROGRAM USAGE Thirty-eight percent of women at the Best Companies participate in affinity/ network groups, compared with 17% of men. However, rates of women participating in career counseling, mentoring, management/leadership training, succession planning, and sponsorship all lag behind the average percentage of men participating in these programs. F E M A L E VS . M A L E P RO G R A M U SAG E R AT E S Percentage of women participating Percentage of men participating 51% 43% 38% 17% Career Counseling Affinity/ Network Groups Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies 24% 25% 25% 26% 5% Formal Mentoring Program Management or Leadership Training 8% Formal Executive Succession Planning 5% 6% Sponsorship Program 0.8% 1.4% Executive Coaching workingmother.com/wmri • 28 YEAR OVER YEAR: MANAGER TRAINING & ACCOUNTABILITY More Best Companies are training managers to hire, advance and manage women than in the past three years. In addition, more 2015 Best Companies are rewarding managers who help women advance through formal compensation policies than in years prior. The percentage of Best Companies that train managers in handling employee flexible work arrangements has returned to 91% after declining between 2012 and 2014. P E RC E N TAG E O F B E ST COM PA N I E S U T I L I Z I N G M A N AG E R T R A I N I N G & ACCO U N TA B I L I T Y M E T H O D S Training for managers in managing employee flexible work arrangements 2015 2014 2013 2012 Training for managers in how to hire, advance or manage women 2015 2014 2013 2012 Formal compensation rewards managers who help women advance 2015 2014 2013 2012 Source: 2012–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies 91% 87% 89% 91% 72% 65% 60% 58% 46% 45% 43% 39% workingmother.com/wmri • 29 EMPLOYEE SURVEYS ON WOMEN’S ISSUES Eighty-nine percent of Best Companies conduct employee opinion surveys on women’s issues, compared with 86% in 2014. Of these, 68% use results to improve programs and/or policies. H OW D I D YO U R COM PA N Y U T I L I Z E F I N D I N G S F ROM YO U R L AST E M P LOY E E O P I N I O N S U RV E Y T H AT I N C LU D E D WOM E N ’ S I S S U E S ? Gained a better understanding of womens’ 2015 opinions about the company culture 2014 83% 77% 80% 2015 Communicated the results to employees 2014 69% 77% 73% 2015 Made decisions about programs for women 2014 Developed a business strategy for new or 2015 improved women’s initiatives or programs 2014 75% 71% Evaluated effectiveness of 2015 programs for women 2014 72% 75% Evaluated usage rates of 2015 programs for women 2014 2015 Conducted a needs assessment 2014 Source: 2014, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies 53% 46% 49% 45% workingmother.com/wmri • 30 BEST VS. REST: HEALTH & WELLNESS PROGRAMS Nationwide, support for health and wellness programs has either held steady or slightly decreased. 94% 92% 93% 90% 89% At the Best Companies, support behind health care premium discounts for weightloss program participation, health care premium discounts for not using tobacco products, on-site sick rooms and on-site nap rooms continues to grow. P E RC E N TAG E O F B E ST COM PA N I E S O F F E R I N G H E A LT H & W E L L N E S S P RO G R A M S 100 Best Companies 26% 9% 23% 9% 18% 9% 15% 9% 7% 12% 38% 2% 31% 3% 28% 6% 6% 27% 6% 19% 19% 23% 44% 40% 31% 19% 20% 26% 12% 7% 9% 9% 12% 12% 33% 52% 50% 50% 48% 46% 47% 48% 37% 45% 62% Nationwide 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Health and Lifestyle Coaching On-site sick room Healthcare premium discounts for not using tobacco products On-site nap room Healthcare premium discounts for participation in a weight-loss program Source: 2011–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2011–2015 benefits surveys of Society for Human Resource Management members workingmother.com/wmri • 31 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Each organization completed a detailed application covering programs and activities that benefit working mothers. The 2015 application included 500 questions in the following clusters: • • • • • • Paid Time Off and Leaves Workforce Profile Benefits Women’s Issues and Advancement Flexible Work Company Culture and Work Life Programs Completed applications for the 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies initiative were collected online from December 12, 2014, to March 13, 2015. Winning companies were ranked on the data they provided in their applications. Statistics in this report are based on the data from the 100 winning companies. Winners are announced in the October/November 2015 issue of Working Mother magazine and online at www.workingmother.com/wmri. Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies workingmother.com/wmri • 32 How do you rate in key areas like diversity & inclusion, women’s advancement and work life programs? The Working Mother Research Institute has the answer. With one of the most comprehensive databases available to corporate America, WMRI has the data you need to make the right decisions for both your employees and your bottom line. To find out how your company rates, register today for one of our initiatives: • Working Mother 100 Best Companies • Working Mother Best Companies for Multicultural Women • Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women • NAFE Top Companies for Executive Women • Diversity Best Practices Benchmarking Tool Participation is free and confidential. Interested in learning more? Visit wmmsurveys.com today! workingmother.com/wmri • 33 CELEBRATE NATIONAL FLEX DAY For 30 years, the Working Mother 100 Best Companies has served as the vanguard of flexible work. What was once cutting edge is now essential not only for working parents, but for all employees — from fitness buffs and community volunteers to pet owners and anyone else who has obligations and interests outside the workplace. That’s why Working Mother has created National Flex Day. Join us on October 20, 2015, as we celebrate all forms of flex, from flextime and remote work to offramping and phased retirement. Flex is a powerful benefit that serves all employees and their employers. Visit workingmother.com/flex to read more about National Flex Day and to learn how to participate. workingmother.com/wmri • 34 BENCHMARKING Our benchmarking reports offer the most detailed data available, showing how your company rates, questionby-question, against all of the Best Companies. Custom comparisons are also available. SCORECARDS Each participating company receives a free top-line summary of how it compares with all applicants across essential clusters of the initiative’s extensive application. CUSTOM ASSESSMENTS Let our researchers do the assessment for you. Our experienced team will turn your benchmarking data into a turnkey presentation showing where your company leads and lags compared with the Best Companies. Interested in learning more? Contact Kristen Willoughby at kristen.willoughby@workingmother.com for more information today! workingmother.com/wmri • 35 From flexibility and child care to the recruitment, retention and advancement of women, the Working Mother Research Institute is dedicated to tracking and promoting the best practices of today while creating strategies for tomorrow. WMRI’s goal is to give both working mothers and their employers the information they need to make workplaces truly family friendly. Learn more at workingmother.com/wmri workingmother.com/wmri • 36 CONTACT INFORMATION Jennifer Owens, Director jennifer.owens@workingmother.com Krista Carothers, Senior Research Editor krista.carothers@workingmother.com Kristen Willoughby, Senior Manager, Editorial & Research Initiatives kristen.willoughby@workingmother.com Michele Siegel, Director of Research Initiatives michele.siegel@bonniercorp.com Tierney O’Brien, Custom Insights Analyst tierney.obrien@bonniercorp.com Learn more at workingmother.com/wmri workingmother.com/wmri • 37