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2018

Best Companies

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TO THE 2018 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANIES

Abbott AbbVie

Accenture Adobe Systems

ADP

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

American Express 25

Arnold & Porter Astellas

A.T. Kearney

Bain & Company

Bank of America 25

Baptist Health South Florida 25

BASF

Baxter Healthcare

BDO USA

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Boehringer Ingelheim USA

Bon Secours Virginia Health System

Booz Allen Hamilton The Boston Consulting Group

Boston Scientific

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Broad Institute

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

CA Technologies

Ceridian

Children’s HealthCare of Atlanta

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Dechert

Deloitte 25

Diageo North America

Digitas

Discovery Communications Dow Jones & Company

Edelman

Eli Lilly and Company Ernst & Young LLP Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner

General Mills Goldman Sachs Grant Thornton

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

HP 25

IBM 25

Intel JLL

Johnson & Johnson 25

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Katten Muchin Rosenman

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

KPMG LEGO Systems L.E.K. Consulting

Lenovo

Leo Burnett Group USA

Lexmark International

L’Oreal USA

Marriott International 25

McKinsey & Co.

Merck & Co. 25

MetLife

Monsanto

Moody’s Morgan Stanley

Moss Adams

New York Life

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

Novo Nordisk Inc.

Oliver Wyman

OppenheimerFunds

PNC Financial Services

Principal

Procter & Gamble 25

Protiviti

Prudential Financial 25

PwC

Roche Diagnostics

RSM

Sanofi US

SapientRazorfish (now Publicis, Sapient)

SC Johnson 25

Sony Electronics

Starcom USA

State Street

Synchrony

Takeda

Texas Instruments

TIAA

Turner Unilever #1

Verizon Viacom

Visa Inc.

WellStar Health System Zoetis

OVERVIEW

1.8 million people

15 industriesChemical

Consumer Products (including Cosmetics, Food

and Beverages)

Financial Services

Hospitality

Hospitals/Healthcare

Insurance

Legal

Manufacturing

Media, Internet and Advertising

Nonprofit

Pharmaceutical

Professional Services, Management, Consulting,

Accounting

Retail and Apparel

Science, Technology, Engineering, Aerospace,

Medical Devices

Telecommunications

~ 25,000 worksites

Congratulations

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Winning Companies (red = top 10)

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Hall of Fame (at least 15 years on the list) 25 Quarter Century Club First Timer

THE 2018 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANIES

Paid Leave

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The Best Vs. The Rest - Offer fully paid leave

Parental Leave

Moving Toward Gender-Neutral Leave

2018 SHRM Employee Benefits Report

Paid maternity leave

100%

35%

Paid paternity leave

99%

29%

Paid adoption leave

99%

28%

Working Mother 100 Best Companies Average

Weeksoffered

11

14

Weekstaken

11

141515

Weeksoffered

67

9

Weekstaken

45

6

Weeksoffered

7

1011

Weekstaken

5

910

MATERNITY LEAVE PATERNITY LEAVE ADOPTION LEAVE

Working Mother 100 Best Companies Average Top 25 Average Top 10 Average

Percentage of Working Mother 100 Best Companies with same number of weeks for maternity and paternity

9%

18%

201420152018

10%


Paid Leave

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Phase-Back Programs

Receive full pay during phase-back period

After phase-back ends, permanent part-time jobs available

Phase-back program is automatic

Phase-back program offered Average number of weeks

79%92%

100%

18%

40%

24%

12

17

2171%

92%100%

34%

52%

70%


Most of the 100 Best Companies offer phase-back programs for new moms (and sometimes dads) to return to workafter leave on a part-time schedule


Flexible Work

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At Working Mother 100 Best Companies, men and women use flexible work equally

% of women using a flex schedule in the past year79% 85% 94%

% of men using a flex schedule in the past year76% 86% 94%

CEO personally utilizes flexible work88% 92% 100%

Telecommuting

Flex-Time ScheduleCompany has a formal or informal flex-time program

100%100%

100%

Company offers telecommuting

100%100%

100%

% of women telecommuting in the past year56% 82%

Company provides computers, office equipment and supplies to telecommuters 95% 100% 100%

Company offers training on effective telecommuting 81% 100% 100%

% men telecommuting in the past year64% 85% 89%

Career FlexibilityCompany has formal policies that allow employees who are on a management or leadership track to move off that track and back on when they are ready

68%

Company has a program to identify and rehire re-entry moms (women who have left at least three years ago and want to return to work)


76%100%

37%56%

70%

Top 10 Average

Top 25 Average

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Companies Average

Top 10 Average

Top 25 Average

Working Mother 100 Best

Companies Average

76%


HEALTH

Working Mother 100 Best Average SHRM

Health screening programs 98% 30%Nutrition counseling 94% 18%Weight-loss programs 94% 30%Smoking-cessation programs 93% 40%Health and lifestyle coaching 94% 27%Preventive programs specifically geared towards employees with chronic medical conditions

88% 25%

On-site medical clinic 48% 8%On-site blood pressure monitoring 72% 16%On-site vaccinations 64% NAOn-site seasonal flu vaccinations 94% 60%CPR/first aid training 80% 54%24-hour nurse line 94% 48%Health fairs 89% 30%Financial incentives for achieving health and wellness goals or for participation in programs*

77% 40%

Wellness newsletter/column** 81% 73%

FITNESS

Working Mother 100 Best Average SHRM

On-site fitness classes 88% 17%On-site fitness centers 86% 25%Fitness equipment subsidy/reimbursement 34% 5%Fitness center discounts/subsidies 91% 29%

EMOTIONAL HEALTHGrief counseling 99% NAMarital/relationship counseling 97% NAParenting resources and assistance 98% NAStress management or stress reduction programs 98% 12%Benefits or programs for mental health 95% 86%Benefits or programs for employees who show signs of depression

86% NA

Massage therapy services at work 68% 10%Sleep health education 74% NAScreening for sleep disorders 38% NA

Wellness Programs — The Best vs. The Rest

Benefits

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Assistance with student loans

Tuition re-imbursement

Lifetime cap

Surrogacy expenses

Egg freezing

In-vitro fertilization

FertilityEducation

98%96% 100%

33% 52% 60%

75% 80% 100%

38% 48% 70%

34% 52% 60%

65%64% 80%


* Rewards/bonuses for achieving** Wellness resources and information


Caring for Others

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Childcare Working Mother 100 Best Companies offer childcare options

On-site36% 48% 60%

Before/after school childcare47%

School-holiday childcare66% 100% 100%

Summer-program childcare50% 90%

Business-travel childcare reimbursement27% 44% 60%

Overtime-work childcare reimbursement20% 24% 40%

Childcare resource and referral service 93%92% 100%

Before/after hours care47%

Allowing children to travel with their parents on business trips52%

Paying for child caregivers to travel with parents on business trips10% 12%10%

Infant transition care36% 60% 70%

Back-up 91% 96%90%

Sick Child68% 84% 90%


76%90%

76%

64%90%

76%90%


Caring for Others

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Working Mother 100 Best Companies have

Employee Resource Groups dedicated to

working parents/caregivers

CaregiversResource and referral

99% 100% 100%

Consultation with specialists73% 88%

In-home consultation37% 56% 70%

Subsidies for backup dependent care64% 72% 80%

Support groups for employees who are caregivers50% 60% 60%

Emotional support counseling 96% 96%90%

Online communities52% 60% 70%

Separate paid days off specifically for the care of others in need as defined above24% 60%

Top 10 Average

Top 25 Average

Working Mother 100 Best Companies

Average

66%

72%

90%


90%

36%


Working Mother 100 Best Companies support nursing moms to ease their transition back to the workplace

Nursing Moms

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Nursing MomsLocks for privacy in pumping rooms

81% 96% 100%

Biohazard bags26% 60%

Breast pumps63%

Comfortable furniture in pumping rooms81% 96% 100%

Educational materials77% 96% 100%

Lactation consultant available 24 hours a day45% 80%

Encouraged breaks so nursing mothers may pump72% 80% 100%

Transport of expressed milk for mothers traveling on business41% 72% 70%

Third-party transition-to-parenthood service23% 32% 50%


68%

32%

84%90%


Working Mother 100 Best Company advancement programs help women rise to the top

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Advancement Progams

Company Culture - Advancement

Formal succession planning

Training in P&L management

Leadership development programs

Personal and professional development programs

Career counseling

Formal sponsorship

Formal mentoring

High potential identification 95% 100% 100%

94% 100% 100%

64% 80% 90%

93%92% 100%

97%96% 100%

100%100%100%

69% 100%

90% 96%90%


84%


Advancement for Women

At Working Mother 100 Best Companies, managers are rewarded for helping women advance

At Working Mother 100 Best Companies, the CEO supports women's advancement

Award or public recognition

Performance review

Promotion

Bonus compensation

Base pay increase21%

31%

15%

64%

Makes CEO women's advancement statement available on corporate website and in other corporate materials

62%

41%

Meets regularly with executive responsible for women's advancement to review metrics and goals

92%

Oversees or approves management compensation plans that are tied to women's advancement

58%

Includes an update on women's advancement during annual updates with employees

62%

Provides annual update on women's advancement to board of directors73%

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How do you rate in key areas like diversity and

inclusion, women’s advancement and work-life programs?

Explore WMRI’s benchmarking opportunities and learn more about your company’s strengths and weaknesses through a custom assessment of your results, trend analyses and even have a Working Mother representative come to you and work with your team to create an impactful presentation that highlights your Best Companies story. For more information, please contact Barbara Frankel at [email protected].

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.

MELODY ORTEGAResearch Initiative Coordinatormelody.ortega@ workingmother.com

MICHELE SIEGELDirector of Research Initiativesmichele.siegel@ bonniercorp.com

BARBARA FRANKELExecutive Editorbarbara.frankel@ workingmother.com

AVIVA ROSNERCustom Insights Analystaviva.rosner@ bonniercorp.com

From flexibility and childcare to the recruitment, retention and advancement of women, the Working Mother Research Institute is

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