| | Booz Allen Hamilton,
Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG
LLP and
PricewaterhouseCoopers
have been named in the
Top 10 on Working Mother
magazine's annual list
of the "100 Best
Companies for Working
Mothers”.
Accenture, The Boston
Consulting Group,
Deloitte & Touche USA
LLP, Grant Thornton LLP,
IBM and McKinsey &
Company were also named
on the list.
Leading a significant
and ongoing culture
shift, and cited for the
third year, Booz Allen
Hamilton is using
company-wide benefits
and programmes to ensure
the retention and
advancement of working
mothers. Benefits
include flexible
scheduling, childcare,
paid parental leave, and
programmes for alumni
and children of working | |
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| | mothers.
Ernst & Young has
consistently been
included on the national
"100 Best" list; 2007
marks its 10th
consecutive year in the
rankings, and the 11th
year overall. This year,
Working Mother
identified four key
areas where companies
that made the list have
excelled. These areas
include: encouraging
workers to take personal
time off, leading to
greater employee
satisfaction and
productivity; offering
unique benefits
regardless of rank;
accommodating the needs
of parents of children
with disabilities; and
melding the
communications styles of
different generations.
Since the list's
inception in 1986, KPMG
has appeared on Working
Mother's "100 Best | |
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| | Companies" list 11
times. The magazine gave
the firm high marks for
its time-off and leave
policies, flexibility,
child care, company
culture, and
family-friendly
programmes and
initiatives.
At PwC birth mums and
primary adoptive
caregivers receive 12
weeks off, with nine
fully paid. And from
this year, the firm will
add two more weeks for
caregivers with twins,
triplets or other
multiple birth
offspring.
According to Carol
Evans, CEO and
president, Working
Mother Media, “Accenture
not only offers
essential benefits like
flexitime and
telecommuting, it goes
above and beyond with a
range of best practices
and policies to ease the | |
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| | difficulties for working
parents and their
families. The firm’s
supportive culture makes
a huge difference to
employees who want to be
great moms and great
workers."
New parents at The
Boston Consulting Group
may take an unlimited
amount of time off, with
managerial approval, for
the birth or adoption of
a child. Birth and
adoptive mothers are
fully paid for 12 weeks,
while fathers receive
one week of paid leave.
Deloitte & Touche USA
LLP has been named on
the list for the 14th
consecutive year.
Deloitte garnered its
highest ratings for
flexibility, company
culture and total
compensation.
IBM is concerned that
its many flexi-policies
won't be as effective if
employees are working | |
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| | too many hours. So last
year it put the power in
the hands of its people:
a new programme, People
Oriented Work Redesign
(POWR), teaches
employees how to cut the
time they spend on
low-value tasks and
boost their
productivity, all in an
effort to help staffers
get home to their
families sooner.
Most of McKinsey &
Company's employees work
off-site, so an on-site
child-care centre
wouldn't meet their
needs. Instead, some
staffers receive backup
support during school
holidays and when
regular childcare falls
through. They can choose
in-home care or use a
company-sponsored
facility.
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