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Working Mother 100 Best Companies honors companies that support working families. For three decades, the 100 Best has encouraged policies and programs to help all employees balance work and family.
For over 30 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/November 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 Working Mother 100 Best Companies is a valuable recruiting and retention tool.
Working Mother 100 Best Companies celebrates the way companies support their working-parent employees and publicizes 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, there is a focus on achieving measurable results.
All companies that apply, including those that do not make the Working Mother 100 Best Companies, receive feedback showing how they compared to all other applicants. Winning companies are featured in the October/November 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 Working Mother 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.