A magazine has released its annual list of the top 100 companies for working mothers.
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The magazine says 99 percent of the companies on this year's list offer flexible schedules, telecommuting on a part-time basis, and healthcare insurance for part-time workers. Ninety-eight percent of the companies on the list offer job sharing and elder-care referral services, the magazine says.
The companies making the top 10 on the list are:
- Abbott (Abbott Park, IL)
- Bon Secours Richmond Health System (Richmond, VA)
- Ernst and Young (New York, NY)
- HSBC North America (Prospect Heights, IL)
- IBM Corporation (Armonk, NY)
- JP Morgan Chase (New York, NY)
- Patagonia, Inc. (Ventura, CA)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (New York, NY)
- Principal Financial Group (Des Moines, IA)
- SC Johnson and Son (Racine, WI)
Companies completed an application with more than 500 questions. The magazine measured and scored 7 areas to choose companies for the list: workforce profile, compensation, child care, flexibility, time off and leaves, family-friendly programs, and company culture. For this year's list, the magazine gave particular weight to flex and time off.
You can find the complete list at Working Mother's website.