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Contents Editor-in-Chief MEREDITH BODGAS
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020
Group Creative Director CARA REYNOSO
3 Letter from the Editor Deputy Editor AUDREY GOODSON KINGO
QUINN FISH
Reflecting on four years at the helm and what’s Editorial Assistant GLENN ORZEPOWSKI
next for Working Mother Media. Integrated Design/Production Manager CINDY MARTIN

4 Then and Now Copy Chief

A look at how working motherhood, along with WORKING MOTHER MEDIA
our magazine, have changed—and haven’t. President SUBHA V. BARRY

9 Working Mother VP/Sales and Publisher JOAN SHERIDAN LaBARGE
100 Best Companies 2020
Executive Sales Directors LISA CORRIGAN ELTING, ALISA NADLER, JENNIFER SMYTH
Meet this year’s progressive organizations that Senior Account Directors PEGGY L. BEANE, GALE HOLLINGSWORTH, FABIOLA ROMAN
go above and beyond for parent employees. Associate Relationship Managers DONNICE PETERSON, ASHLEY SCARBORO
Associate Publisher, workingmother.com OLIVIA KOPCHIK
52 First Words, Now Action Senior Director, Digital Advertising Technology SCOTT HOLLON
AMY BOURNE
These employers are showing they support VP, Marketing CASEY RUSSO
Black Lives Matter with more than statements. Marketing Manager LAUREN MACRI SCARCELLO
Director, Business Operations ANNIE LIPTON
56 Best Companies for Dads 2020 Assistant to the President

Nearly 200 companies competed to prove they WORKING MOTHER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
help men be great dads and employees.
Senior Director, Strategy and Content JENNIFER LONDON
75 Working Mother and SHOOK Research Senior Director, co-Lead, Operations JACQUELINE TOZZI LaBROCCA
Top Wealth Advisor Moms JESSICA KRAMER, SHERTEASE WHEELER
Senior Events Program Managers ALYSS PATTERSON
Plus, their best advice for overcoming Events Coordinator
COVID-19-related financial setbacks.
WORKING MOTHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
94 The Future of Working Motherhood
Executive Editor, Director BARBARA FRANKEL
Experts weigh in on how the compounding Director, Bonnier Custom Insights MICHELE SIEGEL
global crises will shape working families. AVIVA ROSNER
Custom Insights Senior Analyst CRYSTAL VAGNIER
READ Client Service and Initiatives Manager

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letter from the editor

It’s the End of the Work
World as We Know It

And I feel fine.

After I voted Work is never going to be the will persist here at WMM, though our concerns are
in the 2016 same for many of us. Managers can now for all marginalized workers, not just moms.
election— no longer say white-collar parents
can’t successfully work from home Luckily, the magazine is only one piece of what
hours before full time. (We can. It’s just tough this talented team does—and will continue to do.
I applied for with little kids around.) Congress Workingmother.com will live on, to advise and
can no longer claim they can’t inspire you in this brave new world. Our initiatives,
this job. such as the 100 Best Companies and the Best
fund paid parental leave. (They Companies for Dads (page 56), which challenge
COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM TOP: KRISTIN HOEBERMANN; COURTESY (3) did, with the Families First Coro- organizations to do more and more for their work-
navirus Response Act, though it didn’t cover forces, aren’t going anywhere either. Same story
all parents.) Employers can no longer ignore with our diversity consulting business. If anything,
moms’ struggles. (Those “struggles” rear their cute, these challenging times have renewed our resolve
little heads during my Google Meet calls.) With all to guide clients toward making their workplaces as
the uncertainty the pandemic has unleashed, at equitable and inclusive as they should be.
least we can make a bolstered case for positive,
lasting change. And there are already employers So how did we get here? We’re looking back
improving their benefits for parents’ sake. throughout this issue—starting with our retrospec-
For instance, the 2020 Working Mother 100 tive on the next page. Check out the timeline of
Best Companies upped their game to support their events in our history, plus working moms’ history,
parent employees with increased flexibility, more running along the bottom of the pages.
mental-health resources and even straight-up cash
for backup caregivers. See their incredible efforts, But we’re not just looking back; we’re also
pre- and during COVID-19, starting on page 42. looking forward. Experts say a lot of what happens
My company, Working Mother Media, is post-COVID depends on who wins the upcoming
changing too: This is the last issue of Working presidential election (please vote...with working
Mother. I know, I know; way to bury the lead. parents’ best interests in mind). Still, those experts
While I figured the magazine would cease print- give us their predictions in our cover story, “The
ing during my tenure, considering so many other Future of Working Motherhood” (page 94).
publications have folded recently, I’m sentimental
over what brought me here in the first place four As for me, becoming an editor-in-chief of a
years ago: a presidential election. I applied for this national magazine had been my dream since I was
role moments after Hillary Clinton lost Wisconsin in high school. It’s weird to have achieved it, espe-
back in 2016, and I wanted to do more to build up cially as a mom of a toddler (only to go on maternity
moms and women than I had in previous jobs. leave barely a year later), and wonder, What now? as
“We would like to share in your problems, your our cover posits. I’m not going anywhere, but it’s
concerns for your family—and your pride. We’d like to tricky to fuel your career—and plot out next steps—
help.” This founding principle, laid out by Working while constantly caring for two young kids.
Mother’s first editor-in-chief, Vivian Cadden, sums up
why I wanted to follow in her footsteps. That mission Here’s what I do know: I won’t accept anything
less than a supportive work environment going
Then there were four! forward, and that’s a major privilege. I’m going to
Here, at my sister’s keep fighting until we all can receive it. That’s what
August 2020 I’ve learned from my foremother editors, my wise
outdoor wedding. team and the operate-by-example management
under whom I’ve been lucky to work.

This might be my last editor’s letter, but I hope
we talk to each other again. Let’s connect on
LinkedIn and help each other navigate the
ever-changing state of working parenthood.

To a fulfilling future for us all,

My family of three at Editor-in-Chief
a bridal shower when [email protected]
I started this job.

retrospective

Then and Now
As we look back on the magazine’s past and
working mothers’ progress, one thing’s for sure:
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

JoAnne Brandes, From Working 2020
who got SC Johnson Mother of the Year to Predictions...
to open an on-site Working Grandma from 1999
childcare center, and
daughter, Julianne “I became EVP, CAO and In the 20th anniversary
Davan, director, general counsel, and started edition of Working Mother,
communications and serving on outside boards. “Workplace 2020”
change management, Even though I was over 40 included experts’ visions
pro sales and services, then, just a year and a half for today. The word
Lowe’s, on our April later I adopted almost-4-year- “pandemic” never came
1994 cover and today, old, 27-pound Adrian from a up. Still, they came close
with Julianne’s girls, Romanian orphanage. Adrian is with other prophecies.
Jordy, 7, and Joella, 3 now 28 and doing well. My
little granddaughters adore “‘See-mail’
their uncle!” —JoAnne replaces
email.”
“Having a working mom absolutely impacted my decision to be
a working mom myself. I was always, and still am, proud of her Yes, we video-chat
and wanted to be like her. She loved her career, her company with our coworkers
and being a mom, and I wanted that too. I have been blessed to all the time; we have
have a family and career that bring me joy and pride.” —Julianne
yet to ditch our
A 2009 Working Mother survey revealed inboxes though.
that readers thought flexible work schedules
were the best work-life advancement of the
past 30 years. Little did they know how much

flexibility we’d need 11 years later.

Our Look Through the Decades... FAMILY PORTRAIT: JENNIFER LYN PHOTOGRAPHY

1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Now

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Conference rooms

will be designed to

“promote

connection and

“As many as 25 creativity” and may
million Americans, resemble “a bar or
nearly 20 percent
of the workforce, Starbucks.”
will work virtually.”

“Going to the They’ve got
TVs now, even
office has become As of March 2020, a
an option, not a Gallup poll found that interactive
31 percent of US workers whiteboards; we’re
necessity.” had worked remotely.
still waiting for
By the April follow-up, the the baristas.

number jumped to Not exactly, but we
can share ideas on a
62 percent. virtual whiteboard in

More like work some video-chat
platforms.
from home has

become a neces- “Kids attend Remote colleagues
sity, not an option, classes at a lab and “collaborate on an
interactive screen
for many of us. then hang at the almost as if they are
rec center until
a parent picks

By lab did they them up.” standing side by
mean the living side at the same

room? Or school drawing board.”
with desks spread

3 to 6 feet apart?

MAGAZINE SPREAD: GETTY IMAGES Through ›1979 ›1980 ›1981
the Years
Our first issue 41% of all women in A new tax law
comes out! the US with children allows parents to
use pre-tax dollars to
It costs $1.50. under 3 are in the pay for childcare.
labor force.
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COMPANIES 2020

These winners on this list have extensive benefits—and encourage
parents to take full advantage of them.

10 BY THE NUMBERS 20 THE WINNERS 48 WORKING MOTHERS OF THE YEAR
See the latest stats on companies Check out the full list of who earned Standout moms showcase
that offer cutting-edge benefits. spots even as competition intensified. work and home successes.

18 TOP 10 42 PIVOT POINT 50 SUBHA SPEAKS
Employees tell us how their How six companies stepped up to Working Mother Media’s president
remarkable organizations helped help working parents and families wonders: What will the pandemic’s
them thrive during COVID-19. in the toughest of times. aftereffects be on the children of
parents who worked from home?

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COMPANIES 2020

By the Numbers

This year’s winners demonstrate progress in offering paid parental leave
and opportunities to return to work gradually, as well as family-friendly
benefits and opportunities for women to advance.

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Abbott 27,179 46% 22% 2 6*
AbbVie TOP 10 14,618 53% 32% 14
Accenture 55,582 38% 26% 8 8*
Adobe Inc. 11,764 37% 25% 16 10*
ADP 32,255 55% 23% 6
American Express 25 22,255 55% 38% 20 4*
Aon 13,157 53% 23% 8
Arnold & Porter 52% 28% 18 1
Astellas Pharma US TOP 10 1,736 56% 32% 4
AXA XL 2,782 47% 31% 16 2*
Bank of America 25 TOP 10 2,190 53% 40% 16 9
Baptist Health South Florida 25 171,651 74% 52%
Barclays 23,176 39% 16% 16 10*
Baxter Healthcare Corporation 9,891 45% 36% 2 8*
BDO USA 11,371 46% 21% 8*
Blue Cross NC 7,693 72% 33% 12
Boehringer Ingelheim 4,813 52% 37% 2
Booz Allen Hamilton 8,422 37% 27% 4
Boston Consulting Group 26,488 47% 19% 8
6,633

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Through ›1982

›1981the Years SAS Institute Inc., now a soft-
ware company in Cary, North
Working mother Sandra Carolina, opens the first free
Day O’Connor is the on-site childcare center.

first woman appointed to
the Supreme Court.

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What’s possible © 2020 Ernst & Young LLP. All Rights Reserved. ED None. 2008-3559526 | US SCORE no. 10113-201US
when she feels
she belongs?

At Ernst & Young LLP, we are proud to support our
working parents by creating a flexible and inclusive
environment where all people can feel a sense of
belonging and thrive, both personally and professionally.
This year, we are proud to be recognized as No. 1 on the
Working Mother 100 Best Companies list and Top 10
on the Working Mother Best Companies for Dads list.

Visit ey.com/us/careers

COMPANIES 2020

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Boston Scientific 1 7, 5 6 5 45% 26% 4 12*
Bristol-Myers Squibb 11,665 50% 42% 8
Broad Institute 51% 45% 12 8*
Capital One 1,769 53% 30% 8
Ceridian 43,984 57% 21% 14 10*
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 84% 49% 1
Colgate-Palmolive Company 2,076 40% 37% 3
Dechert 11,259 50% 45% 12 4*
Deloitte 25 TOP 10 4,465 44% 27% 16 8*
Diageo North America 1,285 41% 60% 26 8*
Digitas 68,517 61% 50% 6 8*
Dow Jones & Company 1,868 47% 44% 20
EAB 1,430 56% 41% 6
Ecolab 3,368 22% 22% 6 6*
Eli Lilly and Company 25 1,388 49% 36% 10
21,341 45% 36% 16
#1 Ernst & Young 16,177 46% 62% 6 6*
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 51,324 42% 56% 12 8*
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco TOP 10 1,570 43% 32% 8*
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 54% 33% 12 2*
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner 1,721 43% 36% 2
General Mills 25 3,453 51% 44% 8 6*
Gilead Sciences Inc. 49% 34% 20
GlaxoSmithKline 636 40% 23% 12 12*
Goldman Sachs Group 15,298 45% 24% 26 13
Grant Thornton 7, 3 4 4 27% 21% 6 8
Hewlett Packard Enterprise 14,321 78% 27% 8*
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey 18,798 32% 34% 12*
HP Inc. 25 8*
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Through ›1984

›1983the Years Working mom Geraldine Ferraro
becomes the first woman to run on a
Work/Family Directions creates the first major party national ticket, as a
childcare resource and referral service, with Democratic vice presidential candidate.

100 Best Company IBM as its first client.

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HSBC 10,115 48% 29% 12 8*
IBM 25 TOP 10 352,000** 33% NA 12 4*
Intel Corporation 26% 12 6*
Johnson & Johnson 25 TOP 10 53,224 46% 26% 8
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 46,742 53% 34% 16/6*** 20
Katten 160,500 51% 27% 8*
Kearney 43% 22% 6 8*
Korn Ferry 1,237 64% 12% 12 10*
KPMG LLP 897 45% 32% 6 13
LEGO Systems Inc. 44% 22%
L.E.K. Consulting 2,833 40% 44% 8 6*
Leo Burnett Group USA 34,381 61% 12% 6 6
Lexmark International 2,385 25% 62% 8*
L’Oréal USA TOP 10 68% 33% 8 8
Marriott International 25 754 55% 60% 16
McKinsey & Company 786 48% 38% 6 8*
Merck 25 2,000 50% 19% 8 14*
MetLife 10,581 59% 32% 10 6*
Moody’s 136,053 40% 30% 16
Morgan Stanley 9,312 40% 32% 4 5*
Moss Adams 24,760 53% 23% 6
Nationwide 17,655 51% 37% 10
New York Life 3,718 53% 33% 6 16
The New York Times Company 41,416 45% 33%
NewYork-Presbyterian 3,338 70% 35% 3 8
Novo Nordisk Inc. 27,412 57% 47% 12 6*
NYU Langone Health 8,174 75% 50% 6*
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman 4,678 50% 48%
40,669 43%
4,176
30,665
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***Primary/Secondary caregiver leave

›1985Through For the first time
in TV history,
theFYoerars
in the two top-

rated shows, Family Ties and The Cosby Show,

feature successful moms with jobs as main

characters. Susan, a main character on Sesame

Street, becomes a working mom when she and

husband Gordon adopt a child, Miles, on the show.

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Astellas Working Mother of the Year,
Dominique Talbert, Director, Scientific Publications

Astellas is proud to be featured
on Working Mother’s Top 10 Best
Companies list for the second year in a row!

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive
workplace that enables success for all employees. We believe
that our commitment extends to the communities in which we live
and work, drives a more equitable healthcare landscape, and helps
us turn innovative science into value for patients.

Your unique perspective can make a difference for patients.
Join us: astellascareers.jobs

Astellas Pharma US, Inc., is an affiliate of @AstellasUS
Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc.,
a global pharmaceutical research company

COMPANIES 2020

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PNC Financial Services Group 51,868 60% 22% 6 10*
Principal 10,542 58% 50% 4 6*
Procter & Gamble 25 24,272 36% 37% 4 12*
Protiviti 43% 25% 10
Prudential Financial 25 2,996 52% 28% 10
Publicis Sapient 18,395 41% 27% 6*
PwC 25 3,853 46% 24% 8 12
Roche Diagnostics 43,706 43% 37% 9*
RSM US 45% 19% 7 14
S&P Global 4,415 38% 38% 18 4*
Sanofi U.S. 11,299 51% 30% 8 6*
SC Johnson 25 5,404 42% 31% 6 8*
Sony Electronics Inc. 11,945 30% 38% 2*
State Farm 2,798 57% 39% 6 6
State Street 1,426 41% 31% 6 6
Synchrony 58,298 62% 22% 8
Takeda 13,500 57% 36% 16 6*
Texas Instruments Inc. 10,141 23% 27% 6*
TIAA 18,119 43% 30% 20 9
Transamerica 11,271 51% 36% 8*
UBS 16,500** 37% 11% 4
Unilever TOP 10 7, 3 6 4 46% 41% 7
U.S. Bank 20,464 58% 40% 10
Verizon 7, 2 8 2 34% 35% 4
ViacomCBS 68,377 57% 45% 8*
Visa Inc. 120,089 41% 40% 9 9*
Wellstar Health System 6,343 82% 49% 8
Zoetis 10,014 47% 44% 10
21,053 6*
2020 Averages 5,097 49% 30%

21,290 9

10 79% 75%

25 Quarter-Century Club Hall of Fame (at least 15 years on the list) First -Timer *Additional maternity leave for birth mothers **Global number

Through ›1986 The Best Companies for Working Mothers
the Years launches with 30 companies. It focused on
a number of areas, including compensation,
opportunities for advancement and parent-friendly benefits,
including maternity leave, flexibility, childcare and job sharing. Only
two on the list allowed employees to work from home, and only five
offered fully paid maternity leave. IBM and Johnson & Johnson made
the original list—and every list since then.

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When families flourish,
we all succeed.

At Johnson & Johnson, we value our family-friendly culture that
supports both personal and professional success.

That’s why we are proud to be a Working Mother 100 Best Company for
35 consecutive years, and a Best Company for Dads the past 3 years.

Our goal is to create better healthcare for everyone, and that starts
with the healthiest workforce. By supporting working parents, we’re
closer to it every day.

©JJSI2020

TOP 10

Empathetic Employers

One working mom from each of the top 10 shares how her company has
made the pandemic and the work-life issues it’s brought more bearable.

AbbVie North Chicago, Illinois Deloitte 25 New York, New York

Chairman and CEO Richard A. Gonzalez CEO Joseph Ucuzoglu
Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Tim Richmond Chief Talent Officer Stephani Long

“During the pandemic, I have also been responsible for the “Although I often work remotely,
daycare and schooling of my two young daughters, Melanie
and Mila. With the support of my manager, I have balanced the pandemic and shelter-in-
work and life by starting earlier in the day, taking breaks, and
resuming some of my work later at night. This approach has place restrictions still took quite
helped me remain a top producer on the team.”
a mental, physical and emotional
_Sandra Gomez, HR Connect Consultant II
toll. My husband and I found

ourselves rapidly redefining our

schedules, routines and priori-

ties, as well as resetting our expectations. I’m

grateful for Deloitte’s generous benefits and

policies. Through flexible working hours and

Astellas Pharma US Northbrook, Illinois the support of my teams, I took Fridays off for

CEO Kenji Yasukawa the whole summer.” _Elizabeth Lascaze,
Senior VP, HR Collette Taylor Worthing
Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting

“I am activated to assist with the planning of United States Ernst & Young LLP #1
Northern Command during the crisis. It’s a demanding
operation requiring time away from my family, but the HALL OF FAME
company has been very supportive. Astellas expanded its
military leave policy from two to four weeks during the New York, New York
pandemic. This provides what I need to fulfill my duties
while remaining an engaged and supportive mother.” EY US Chair and Managing
Partner and Americas Managing Partner
_Joleen “Mighty” Bales, Manager, Urology Marketing, Kelly Grier
Major, US Marine Corps Americas Vice Chair Talent
Carolyn Slaski
Bank of America 25 Charlotte, North Carolina
“The firm helped me manage
CEO Brian Moynihan the challenges of the pandemic
Chief HR Officer Sheri Bronstein by offering caregiver coaching
calls led by an executive coach,
“Thanks to my company streamlining the process for employ- who offered practical tips to COURTESY (10)
ees to provide their own backup childcare and offering a cope with feeling overwhelmed
reimbursement of $100 a day, it was super easy to sign up to each day. For example, focusing
find my own caregiver, and the reimbursement process took on what you have accomplished during the
literally two minutes. I was able to hire one of the teachers at day (as opposed to what you didn’t get
my daughters’ daycare who had lost income because of the done) was a simple, helpful practice to
coronavirus-related closures. My entire management team has support maintaining a positive outlook and
been extremely supportive, especially with me having children at home.” staying healthy mentally. And the single-
parents call brought together a community
_Jessica Cullen, Relationship Manager and provided an opportunity to be heard
and feel supported.” _Ty Thomas, Senior,
Financial Services Organization

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COMPANIES 2020

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco L’Oréal USA New York, New York

San Francisco, California President and CEO, Americas Frédéric Rozé
Senior VP, HR and Chief HR Officer
President Mary Daly Stephane Charbonnier

“The pandemic’s really shown what it means for the SF Fed to “During these dangerous and
be a ‘people-first’ organization. I’m not talking about new stressful times, the company
benefits around home offices, self-care or coaching. Those are has continued to support me as
great, but what’s mattered most is the empathy and flexibility a single working mother. Not only
from our leadership. Knowing I can take time in the day to help did they guarantee my employ-
Kiana with her classes, then focus on work without pressure or ment while I served in the
guilt after her needs are met, makes a huge difference.” Reserves, but they also allowed
me to work from home as needed. We were
_Marica Chen, Project Manager running with minimal staff and the supervisors
all rotated with shift coverage, so the flexibility
IBM HALL OF FAME Armonk, New York meant a lot for me. The company helps us
veterans tailor our military experience to
CEO Arvind Krishna successfully work in corporate America.”
Senior VP, HR Diane Gherson _Ebony Bost, Physical Flow Supervisor
US Army Veteran, member of the Reserves

“As a working mom of young boys, the pandemic dissolved my Unilever Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
support network, so I joined a group of colleagues to develop
ways to cope. It led to IBM’s Work from Home Pledge, a set of President, North America Fabian Garcia
guidelines for IBMers to support each other, put family first and Head of Diversity and Cross-Cultural
ensure flexibility. I no longer feel guilty when I prioritize mid- Marketing Mita Mallick
morning Zoom calls with school because the pledge gives me
the confidence to set boundaries.”

_Veronica Vargas Lupo, Associate Partner

Johnson & Johnson 25 New Brunswick, New Jersey “My manager supplied me with
the necessary technology—such
Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky as a monitor, docking station,
Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Peter Fasolo webcam, keyboard and mouse—
so I can comfortably navigate
“As a medically trained professional, I was eager to get involved through my spreadsheets and
when COVID-19 began. Through the newly enacted global work efficiently from home. I now
medical personnel leave policy and the support of my manager, have a flexible work schedule, which has
I volunteered two days a week for COVID-19 testing initiatives allowed me to take a mental break, manage my
in areas of Philadelphia that had been disproportionately household, assist my youngest daughter with
affected. My family is proud of my work for our community, her schoolwork, and give my older daughters
and my experience has helped us to learn, grow and support the attention they need. Once a week, my VP
each other through this crisis.” schedules a visual wellness check, and it’s good
_Robyn R. Jones, M.D. and F.A.C.O.G., Senior Medical Director, Office of to see that he’s concerned about our physical
and mental health.”
the Chief Medical Officer, Women’s Health _Adrienne Blount, Account Manager,

Unilever International

Through ›1987 ›1987
the Years
Hallmark Cards Working mothers
For the first time, a offers employees become a Hollywood
majority of all moms of $5,000 in adoption hit with Baby Boom
kids under age 3 are in aid, a record amount. starring Diane Keaton.

the labor force.

Workingmother.com | october/november 2020

COMPANIES 2020

METHODOLOGY Abbott HALL OF FAME Abbott Park, Illinois

The Application The 2020 Working Mother 100 Best Companies President and CEO Robert B. Ford
application includes more than 400 questions on leave policies, Executive VP, HR Mary Moreland
workforce representation, benefits, childcare, advancement
programs, flexibility policies and more. It surveys the availability Flex Network, an employee-resource group at the healthcare
and usage of these programs, as well as the accountability of the company, fosters awareness of workplace flexibility and helps
many managers who oversee them. maximize technology, tools and resources. In 2019, its membership
grew by more than 12 percent to nearly 520 members. Flex also has
All applicants receive feedback showing how they compare with manager-training webinars to provide best practices on supervising
other applicants; however, the names of applicants that do not remote workers.
make the list are kept confidential. Company profiles and data come
from submitted applications and reflect 2019 data. Accenture HALL OF FAME New York, New York

How to Apply The online application for the 2021 Working Mother CEO Julie Sweet
100 Best Companies will be available in December and is due for Chief Leadership and HR Officer Ellyn Shook
submission in March, as part of the Working Mother Media Annual
Application. Register today for the application at workingmother During the COVID-19 pandemic, this professional-services firm
.com/surveys. transitioned nearly all roles to remote, tripled its dependent-care
hours and offered caregivers reimbursement for in-home care (up to
We invite applications from private or public companies in any $100 per day for up to 30 days). It also provided the Thriving Mind
industry, with the exception of government agencies. Contact course, a holistic mental well-being program to all 500,000 global
Crystal Vagnier at [email protected] for more employees. So far, 100,000 have participated.
information.

Reprints For custom reprints of the 2020 Working Mother 100 Best
Companies, contact Stephanie Martinez of PARS International Corp.
at 212-221-9595, ext. 333, or at [email protected].

Through Corporate ›1988 ›1989
America intro-
›1987the Years duces concierge IBM becomes the J&J revises its long-
services such as first company to offer standing company credo
dry cleaning and workers three years’ to add a pledge to help
take-home unpaid family leave. employees meet family
meals. responsibilities.

20 Hall of Fame (at least 15 years on the list)

Diverse
perspectives
are a recipe for
innovation.

We value the impact of an
inclusive and diverse culture.

KPMG is committed to supporting women personally
and professionally.

KPMG is proud to be recognized in Working Mother’s
100 Best Companies for 2020, and to celebrate
23 years on this prestigious list. Learn more at
KPMG.com/us/careers.

kpmg.com

COMPANIES 2020

Adobe Inc. San Jose, California AON Chicago, Illinois

Chairman, President and CEO Shantanu Narayen CEO Greg Case
Chief People Officer and Executive VP, Employee Experience Chief People Officer Lisa Stevens
Gloria Chen

The Learning Fund provides all employees with up to $10,000 Employees and their families at the professional-services firm now
per year for academic degrees, credential programs, advanced have access to work-life kits, which offer suggestions, resources and
specializations and certain technical certifications; and up to $1,000 free tools to help manage different life stages. Kits are available for
per year for business courses, conferences, workshops, books and care of older relatives, teens and special-needs children, and for
professional memberships. In 2019, the software company launched moms during pregnancy, after birth and while nursing.
the Graduate Education Reimbursement benefit for all new US hires
who graduated within the past 12 months, reimbursing them up to Arnold & Porter HALL OF FAME Washington, DC
$10,000 for tuition.
Chief Operating Officer Sean Howell
Chief HR Officer Janet Robin

ADP Roseland, New Jersey The On Ramp/Off Ramp policy lets attorneys take an unpaid leave of
absence of up to three years while the firm pays for their bar status
President and CEO Carlos Rodriguez and supports their continued professional development and
Chief HR Officer Sreeni Kutam continuing legal education.

The human-capital management company launched a technology- AXA XL FIRST-TIMER Stamford, Connecticut
driven mentoring program with more than 700 mentoring pairs; more
than 60 percent of participants are female. CEO Scott Gunter
Chief HR Officer Karen le Duc
American Express 25 New York, New York

Chairman and CEO Stephen J. Squeri In the US, primary caregivers at the insurance company are eligible
Chief Colleague Experience Officer Monique Herrera for up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental, adoption and surrogacy
leave, and secondary caregivers for four weeks of fully paid parental
The financial-services firm reimburses adoption and surrogacy leave. Parents on leave retain full salary increases and bonuses. All
expenses up to $35,000, up to two events per employee. The funds employees also receive 10 days of fully paid leave annually to care
can be applied toward application, legal, medical and surrogate’s fees. for children and extended family members, including spouses,
Barriers to accessing infertility coverage, such as an infertility- siblings and parents.
diagnosis requirement, have been eliminated.

Baptist Health South Florida 25 Coral Gables, Florida

Since 2015, the percentage President and CEO Brian Keeley
of women in the workforce Executive VP and Chief Administrative Officer Joe Natoli
and managerial roles at
100 Best Companies The healthcare system’s employee-assistance program, LifeWorks,
has increased provides employees and family members access to licensed
by about counselors, as well as referrals and information on such topics as

3%. refinancing a home mortgage, parenting, relationship concerns
and finding services for dependents. Employees may be
referred to support groups on such issues as
bereavement, Alzheimer’s caregiving and
stress management. Employees also can
access qualified life coaches to help
make important decisions or create a
personal plan for success.

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Working Mother Barclays New York, New York
of the Year 2020
CEO, Americas Richard Haworth
BDO USA’s Makayla Bradford with Taniya, 6. HR Director, Americas Corinne Hayes
The financial-services firm’s Dynamic Working arrangement
Time is our most valuable enables all employees to have flexibility through adjusting
asset. When I first started working hours, flexing the workweek, taking a career break or
at BDO, I began racking up remote working. At the end of 2019, 88 percent of employees
significant hours each week, were participating.
but it wasn’t sustainable. So
I took a step back. I’ve been Baxter Healthcare Corporation Deerfield, Illinois
working fully from home
due to COVID-19. Because Chairman, President and CEO José (Joe) E. Almeida
Taniya knows I have SVP, HR Jeanne Mason
meetings throughout the
day, we schedule our own The Working Parents Mentoring program eases employees’
‘meetings’ for playtime and transition from pregnancy to parenthood. It is supported by
eat meals together so she the healthcare company’s Baxter Women Leaders Business
understands she’s the most Resource Group. Mentors are provided before, during and after
important part of my day. parental leave.

BDO USA Chicago, Illinois

CEO Wayne Berson
Chief People Officer Catherine Moy

Flexibility has been completely integrated throughout the
accounting and advisory firm, with all professionals using some
form of flex in 2019. Options include a formal arrangement, or just
altering the timing and location of work on a day-to-day basis. New
hires undergo flex training within their first 60 days with an online
course featuring interactive modules on using day-to-day flex to
pursue a passion or hobby, initiating a formal flex plan to study for
the CPA exam, and creating predictable work breaks to help the
team avoid burnout.

Blue Cross NC Durham, North Carolina

President and CEO Tunde Sotunde
Senior VP, Chief People Officer Fara Palumbo

COURTESY (2) The health insurer’s returnship program partners with organizations
such as Dress for Success and Back to Business Women’s network to
provide a path to career reentry for professional women who have
taken a break for at least two years. Last year, of 40 applicants, four
received temporary assignments; two received permanent job offers.
In 2020, the program expanded to include men and women returning
from military active duty.

Through ›1989 TheSecond ›1989
the Years Shift comes
out, drawing Felice Schwartz ignites the “mommy track”
attention to all the work working controversy after writing that most working
moms do when they get home—and moms are willing to trade some career
the childcare and domestic duties their growth for freedom from long hours.
working-dad husbands weren’t doing.

COMPANIES 2020

Boehringer Ingelheim Ridgefield, Connecticut

President and CEO US Wolfgang Baiker, M.D., Ph.D.
SVP, HR and Communications Jamie Eden

The pharmaceutical company provides coverage for an infertility
diagnosis and medical treatment of any underlying cause. An
infertility team helps with paperwork to certify eligibility, education on
benefits, and depression screenings. The medical plan covers up to
three insemination attempts total. The prescription plan covers all
infertility/hormone drugs with no annual or lifetime limit.

Booz Allen Hamilton HALL OF FAME McLean, Virginia

President and CEO Horacio Rozanski
Executive VP and Chief People Officer Betty Thompson

The professional-services firm increased its paid parental leave from
four to six weeks for birth and adoptive parents, and now offers
Maven resources, including on-demand, unlimited parental support
via phone or online, as well as expanded Employee Assistance
Program features, including emergency backup childcare.

Boston Consulting Group Boston, Massachusetts

Almost 70% of US employees President and CEO Rich Lesser
do not have paid parental leave, Managing Director and Partner Susan Grimbilas
according to SHRM.
The backup care program at the consulting firm includes
All 100 Best offer at least at-home child-, adult- and eldercare and is available to all US
employees at minimal cost. Employees also have access to
2 weeks eldercare-planning support and preferred enrollment and
discounts at select Bright Horizons daycare centers.
of paid parental leave, and
most offer much more. Boston Scientific Marlborough, Massachusetts

Chairman and CEO Michael Mahoney
Senior VP, HR Wendy Carruthers

In 2020, all new parents at the medical-device company receive
eight paid weeks of gender-neutral leave and six additional weeks of
paid leave for birth mothers.

Bristol-Myers Squibb HALL OF FAME New York, NY

Chairman and CEO Giovanni Caforio, M.D.
Chief HR Officer Ann Powell

The pharmaceutical company has eight weeks of paid leave for the
adoption of a child, plus reimbursement for most adoption costs. The
company also offers eight weeks’ paid leave for a new child or a
family member with a serious health condition. Birth mothers can
receive an additional six weeks’ short-term disability.

Through ›1990 ›1990 John Hancock
Financial Services
›1989the Years The Los Angeles initiates a backup
Department of Water care trend by car-
Working Mother honors the first and Power launches ing for employees’
working mother of the year, Kate the first corporate children during
Williams. She had survived through a lactation program. school holidays.
cruel divorce, a home burned down
by vandals and severe depression. Hall of Fame (at least 15 years on the list)

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COMPANIES 2020

AT 100 BEST adoption or foster-care placement. Primary caregivers receive
COMPANIES: their full base salary for up to 14 consecutive weeks after
welcoming a child.
23% now
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta HALL OF FAME
offer paid
gender-neutral Atlanta, Georgia
parental leave.
President and CEO Donna Hyland
47% offer Chief Administrative Officer Linda Matzigkeit

gender-neutral Most clinical employees at the healthcare company participate in
leave with extra a compressed workweek and can access electronic scheduling for
paid time for greater control of their schedules. Additionally, support employees
birth mothers. have flexibility for choosing their workday start and end times.
Nurses have flexible options that include seasonal staffing contracts
that allow nurses a three-month “offseason” and weekend staffing
programs that offer increased pay.

Broad Institute Cambridge, Massachusetts Colgate-Palmolive Company HALL OF FAME

President and Director Eric Lander New York, New York
Chief People Officer Frances Brooks Taplett
Chairman, President and CEO Noel Wallace
In 2019, the scientific institute set a goal to implement more-generous Chief HR Officer Sally Massey
paid family and medical leave ahead of the Massachusetts state plan,
which goes into effect January 1, 2021. As of January 1, 2020, the In 2019, the consumer-products company introduced G Suite
company offers employees 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a sick collaboration tools and ChromeBox video conferencing to ensure
family member. The first two weeks are fully paid, and the remaining employees may work flexibly. The company also improved and
time is paid up to $1,000 a week. The state plan requires employers to expanded its MindSpark online learning platform, where employees
give only partial payment to workers on leave. can explore new ideas, learn skills and connect with experts.

Dechert Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Capital One McLean, Virginia Partner and CEO Henry Nassau
Chief Talent and HR Officer Alison Bernard
Chair, CEO and President Richard D. Fairbank
Chief HR Officer Jory Berson In the five years before the implementation of the Sponsorship and
Sustained Support program in 2015, 18 percent of lawyers promoted
The financial-services company has added one floating holiday (there to partner were women. In the five years since its implementation,
are now two), plus made the Friday after Thanksgiving a paid holiday. 31 percent were women. The program provides senior women
Part-time employees are now eligible for paid holidays, and associates with the tools and resources to become partners.
bereavement leave has increased from 30 to 40 hours.

Diageo North America New York, New York

Ceridian Minneapolis, Minnesota President Debra Crew
Executive VP, HR Laura Watt
Chairman and CEO David Ossip
Chief HR Officer Susan Tohyama As of July 1, 2019, employees may take up to 26 weeks’ paid parental
leave for their child’s birth, legal adoption or state-placed foster care.
The HR software and services company’s parental-leave program Employees may initiate the leave up to four weeks prior to their child’s
supports caregivers, whether they become new parents by birth, expected date of birth, adoption or foster-care placement.

Through ›1990 ›1990

›1990the Years Merck names a George H.W. Bush vetoes
woman as CFO. FMLA for the first time
Stride Rite starts the (thanks, George ).
first on-site inter-
Hall of Fame (at least 15 years on the list)
generational care center
for kids and seniors.

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COMPANIES 2020

Digitas Boston, Massachusetts Eli Lilly and Company 25 Indianapolis, Indiana

CEO, US Jodi Robinson Chairman, President and CEO David Ricks
Chief Talent Officer Erin Quill Keough Senior VP, HR and Diversity Stephen Fry

The marketing firm offers new-parent transition, a flexible return-to- Mothers who give birth while working at the pharmaceutical company
work period during the first three months back on the job, with hours receive eight weeks of paid medical leave, followed by another 10 weeks
gradually increasing until the person is back full time. of paid leave. They have the option of taking another 10 weeks unpaid.

Dow Jones & Company New York, New York Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

CEO Almar Latour President and CEO Charles Evans
Chief People Officer Kamilah Mitchell-Thomas Senior VP Kathryn Medina

Beginning in 2019, the Wellthy health consulting firm has been The financial institution offers employees a compressed workweek.
providing support for the media company’s employee family care. Last Most schedule a nine-day workweek into a two-week period or work
year, 219 employees were matched with a care coordinator who four 10-hour workdays. This regularly scheduled day off often
created a plan for their families. coincides with federal and bank holidays.

EAB Washington, DC Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Washington, DC

CEO David Felsenthal President and CEO Robert Cook
Chief Talent Officer Cara Weiman Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Rainia Washington

The education company provides parents, regardless of gender or Mentoring is extremely important at the not-for-profit, including group,
tenure, 12 weeks’ paid leave for birthing parents and six weeks’ peer-to-peer and leader-to-staff. In January 2019, a mentor/mentee
paid leave for nonbirthing parents. Returning parents work campaign featured mentoring pairs of employee-resource-group
50 to 75 percent of their hours for two weeks and can have sponsors and mentors, as well as a C-suite executive champion to
flexible arrangements, such as custom start and stop times or encourage staff to leverage the enterprisewide mentoring tool: “Employee-
compressed workweeks. Driven Relationships, Insights, Values and Enhanced Networks.”

Ecolab St. Paul, Minnesota Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner

Chairman and CEO Douglas M. Baker Jr. Washington, DC
Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Laurie Marsh
Managing Partner Anand Sharma
In 2019, the water, hygiene, and energy technologies and support Chief HR Officer Dawn Ibbott
company added adoption assistance for children under 18 with a
lifetime maximum of $10,000, and fertility benefits, in-vitro The law firm has created a leadership team exploring ways to improve
fertilization and artificial insemination, which were partially paid well-being programs for attorneys and staff. The firm already has
benefits previously. revised its parental-leave policy for attorneys to disregard gender and
primary/secondary caregiving responsibilities.

AT 100 BEST COMPANIES: Average
amount of paid
Average maternity leave
amount of paid offered is
gender-neutral
parental leave is 11weeks.

9weeks.

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Working Mother General Mills 25 Minneapolis, Minnesota
of the Year 2020
Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Harmening
Eli Lilly and Company’s Jennie Lopez-Reed with Senior VP, Chief HR Officer Jacqueline Williams-Roll
Isabella, 10, and Ethan, 7.
As of 2019, the consumer-products company offers caregivers
During a virtual meeting a two-week paid leave for the care of immediate family
with an executive leader, members with a serious health condition. Employees also
my 10-year-old interrupted receive up to four weeks off following the death of an immediate
for this emergency: ‘Is my family member.
makeup OK?’ We laughed.
The feeling of knowing Gilead Sciences Inc. FIRST-TIMER Foster City, California
that it’s OK to be genuine
lifts a weight from our Chairman and CEO Daniel O’Day
shoulders. This creates Executive VP, HR Jyoti Meyra
community, empowerment
and strength. The biopharmaceutical company increased its adoption-
assistance benefit from $5,000 to $25,000 lifetime maximum,
added a surrogacy assistance benefit of $25,000 lifetime
maximum, and offers elective egg freezing, parking for expecting
mothers, and breast-milk delivery for traveling moms.

GlaxoSmithKline Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (US Corporate Hub)

CEO Emma Walmsley
Senior VP, HR Diana Conrad

In 2019, the global healthcare company introduced Care of Family
Member Paid Leave for the US and Puerto Rico. Eligible employees
may take up to four weeks of paid leave over 12 months to care
for an immediate family member with a serious health condition,
including a spouse, domestic partner, child, parent, or a spouse’s
or domestic partner’s child or parent.

Goldman Sachs Group HALL OF FAME New York, New York

Chairman and CEO David M. Solomon
Head of Human Capital Bentley de Beyer

In late 2019, parental leave increased from four weeks for
nonprimary and 16 weeks for primary caregivers to 20 weeks for
all employees, regardless of gender or caregiver status. It can be
taken flexibly throughout the first year of parenthood and is
available to all new parents, whether through birth, surrogacy or
adoption. In addition, the financial-services firm increased existing
stipends for adoption or egg retrieval up to $10,000 per event and
$20,000 for an egg donation or surrogacy, to a lifetime maximum
of $40,000 per employee.

COURTESY Through ›1991 ›1991

›1990the Years After staying home with Swiss manufacturer Medela
the kids for 60 years, introduces its first electric-
The first major child- comic-strip character powered, vacuum-operated
care bill in 20 years is Blondie gets a job. breast pump, not intended for
enacted, and Congress in-hospital use, in the US.
forks over $2.5 billion.

COMPANIES 2020

AT 100 BEST COMPANIES: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

CEO and President Gary St. Hilaire
Acting Chief HR Officer Santo Barravecchio

88% In 2019, more than 53 percent of employees at the health-insurance
company had formal full- or part-time remote work arrangements.
Almost all employees had access to alternate work arrangements,
including telecommuting, geographical office preferences, flextime,
compressed work schedule, part-time or reduced work schedule,
phased retirement and job sharing.

pay for in-vitro HP Inc. 25 Palo Alto, California
fertilization and
President and CEO Enrique Lores
52% pay for Chief HR Officer Tracy Keogh
egg freezing.
The tech company offers parents a library of parenting literature
through its employee-assistance program, which features no-cost
counseling visits, as well as a digital behavior resiliency and well-being
program, including resources throughout pregnancy and early
parenting. For parents of older children, the company also offers
support, such as a podcast on vaping risks and awareness for parents
of teens.

Grant Thornton HALL OF FAME Chicago, Illinois

CEO Brad Preber HSBC New York, New York
National Managing Partner—People & Community
Michael Monahan Country CEO Michael Roberts
Head of HR USA Maureen Gillan-Myer

The professional-services firm’s new backup-childcare provider allows The financial-services firm provides up to 18 weeks of paid time off
more flexibility for employees to select the method they prefer after the birth or adoption of a child for the primary caregiver, as well
(in-home or drop-off). It also lets employees use these services to as enhanced paid military leave and a partially paid sabbatical to
care for elderly parents. Additionally, a new vendor for mental-health pursue individual passions, such as an extended visit with an elderly
services has more-focused offerings on daily well-being and easier relative, a family trip, volunteering or education.
usability through a phone app.

Intel Corporation HALL OF FAME Santa Clara, California

Hewlett Packard Enterprises San Jose, California CEO Bob Swan
Chief People Officer Sandra Rivera
CEO Antonio Neri
Executive VP, Chief People Officer Alan May

The tech company offers new parents six months of paid leave and The tech company offers up to $15,000 per adoption with no lifetime BOTTOM: GETTY IMAGES
the option to work part time for up to three years following birth or maximum. The benefit is also available for surrogacy. Employees are
adoption. Parents who have been out of the workforce for an extended eligible to receive a lifetime maximum of $40,000 for expanded
period can participate in Career Reboot, a program that helps restart conception services, with $20,000 of prescription-drug coverage for
their careers and offers job opportunities. conception-related conditions, as well as coverage for cord blood and
tissue storage.

Through ›1992 Murphy Brown
becomes a single
›1991the Years Jill E. Barad, a working mother, working mother on
becomes Mattel’s president and her sitcom.
More than half of the COO. She became CEO five years
85 Best Companies later, one of only two women at
had their own the helm in the Fortune 500.
childcare centers.

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

We are in the business of breakthroughs—
the kind that transform patients’ lives.
At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are proud to
support our working mothers who are part
of the talented and dedicated team focused
on our mission of discovering, developing and
delivering life-saving innovations that help
patients prevail over serious diseases.
We’ll never give up our search for
more hope, for more people,
around the world.

Visit bms.com to see how we’re bringing a human touch to everything we do.

© 2020 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. All rights reserved.

COMPANIES 2020

JPMorgan Chase & Co. HALL OF FAME New York, New York Kearney Chicago, Illinois

Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Alex Liu
Executive VP and Head of HR Robin Leopold Chief HR Officer Stephen Parker

In July 2019, the financial-services firm introduced free lactation The management-consulting firm’s Success with Flex provides
consulting for employees, their spouses/domestic partners, part-time options and other alternative schedules for all employees.
dependents and household members who are nursing. Board-certified The program includes working fewer days per week and/or fewer
consultants are available 24/7 to provide one-on-one guidance on hours per day, taking a secondary role with a client, working from
breastfeeding challenges, including help with positioning techniques, home and job sharing. More than 200 employees participated in
preparing for return to work, pumping, milk collection and storage, 2019, including more than 50 in the US.
caregiver coordination, and weaning. Approximately 250
consultations occurred during the first six months of the program.

Korn Ferry Los Angeles, California

Katten Chicago, Illinois CEO Gary Burnison
Chief HR Officer Linda Hyman
Chairman Roger Furey
Chief Talent Officer Melanie Priddy The organizational consulting firm offers a care@work program to
help find caregivers for children, older relatives and pets, including
The law firm launched Live Well, Work Well, Be Well in May 2019, home care as well as support for employing caregivers (payroll,
encouraging greater attention to mental and physical health for taxation and HR issues). The caregiving reimbursement benefit
employees. Key firm administrators were trained and certified in includes children, home care, seniorcare and pet care.
mental-health first aid. Members of a Global Wellness Committee
serve as ambassadors for wellness programming, aimed at improving KPMG LLP HALL OF FAME New York, New York
health in eight areas: emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual,
occupational, physical, social and spiritual. US Chair and CEO Paul Knopp
Vice Chair, HR Darren H. Burton

AT 100 BEST COMPANIES: More than 6,000 employees of the professional-services firm have
had four-to-12-week sabbaticals at 20 percent of their regular
55% salaries, returning to their positions. Employees have used the
extended time for global travel, community service, preparing for
pay for the CPA exam, caring for a family member and to recharge.
surrogacy
expenses, LEGO Systems Inc. HALL OF FAME Enfield, Connecticut
compared
with 43% Executive VP, Americas Skip Kodak
last year. Head of Partnering and Operations, Americas Patrick Curry

In late 2019, the toy manufacturer rolled out its Baby Portal and
Childcare Guidance program to provide self-help guides that cover
childcare leave. Topics include support needed to become a parent,
managing leave, informing colleagues who will take over work,
administration guidance for leave, career planning, managing
relationships while out, and transitioning back to the workforce and
maintaining professional goals.

Through ›1993 BOTTOM: GETTY IMAGES

›1992the Years Our Best Bill Clinton signs FMLA into law.
Companies list FINALLY! His wife, then–First
George H.W. Bush grows to 100. Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
vetoes FMLA for the becomes the first to have a
second time (thanks high-powered career.
again, George ).
Hall of Fame (at least 15 years on the list)

Helping working moms
and families thrive.

NYU Langone Health is incredibly honored to be recognized as
one of Working Mother’s “100 Best Companies” for 2020.

At our health system, our working parents are role models for their families, and for the NYU
Langone Health community. They go above and beyond to provide compassionate care for others,
at work and at home, and we’re committed to providing the support that helps them thrive.

As a Working Mother Media 100 Best Company, we continue to grow our offering of family-friendly
benefits. Last year, we doubled our adoption benefit to $10,000 per child and added a new
surrogacy assistance benefit of up to $10,000 per child (for up to two children in both instances).

All of our eligible employees also have access to a state-of-the-art, subsidized, on-site childcare
center, as well as emergency backup child and elder care and support programs for families with
special needs. When child care centers and schools suddenly closed during the pandemic, a new
in-home backup care benefit gave our essential front line employees a subsidy to offset the cost of
in-home caregivers during the period of the emergency.

We are proud to celebrate our working parents for all that they do to make our NYU Langone family
bond so strong. Together, we are able to achieve excellence in patient care, education and research.

Congratulations to our very own Leticia Rios, who has been named
NYU Langone Health’s 2020 Working Mother of the Year.

COMPANIES 2020

Working Mother When I was pregnant
of the Year 2020 with my first child, my job
required travel, so I asked
Moss Adams’ Shaunté Kinch (center), with Amari, 20, Crisette, HR if the company would
infant, Naomi, 2, and husband, Antoine. reimburse the expense of
overnighting breast milk
home. They established
a benefit package that
included shipping and
storage kits and other
resources for new parents.

L.E.K. Consulting Boston, Massachusetts Lexmark International Lexington, Kentucky

President, Americas Robert Rourke President and CEO Allen Waugerman
Chief Talent Officer, Americas Lauren Reddy Senior VP and Chief HR Officer Sharon Votaw

The management-consulting firm’s Temporary Adjustment Program for The imaging-solutions company’s My Career Journey program
Parents provides on-ramping opportunities for all parents returning after focuses on professional growth and skills development by
parental leave. They can take on a different role that allows for an easier providing learners the ability to do a self-assessment and create
transition and provides greater work-life flexibility for up to one year. actions and reflection. The program went into place at the end of
2019 and continues to expand in 2020. Development can occur
Leo Burnett Group USA HALL OF FAME Chicago, Illinois within the business or an area where the employee would like to
learn more.
CEO Andrew Swinand
Chief Talent Officer Billie Smith Marriott International 25 Bethesda, Maryland

The advertising agency’s ParentKind employee-resource group helps President and CEO Arne Sorenson
with parental advocacy, engagement and community. In 2019, events Executive VP and Global Chief HR Officer David Rodriguez
included CPS 101 for parents to learn the ins and outs of Chicago public
schools, and Grown and Flown, for advice on supporting older children In 2019, the hospitality company increased fully paid parental
and fostering independence. Annual events include Sip and Swap, where leave from two to eight weeks for mothers and fathers (birth and
parents gather outgrown clothes, books and toys, and find new items for adoptive parents). Additionally, eligible birth mothers can receive
their kids, and Kids’ Day, where parents bring their children to work. seven extra weeks of partially paid leave.

COURTESY

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AT 100 BEST COMPANIES: WINFertility is a new support program available to employees at the
pharmaceutical company. From fertility management—including
Almost all 100 Best medical treatment, pharmacy and genetics—to surrogacy and
companies (91%) adoption, the program provides access to the best doctors, technology
offer backup and support by working with leading reproductive endocrinologists, as
childcare to help well as national and regional insurance carriers.
working parents.
MetLife HALL OF FAME New York, New York

President and CEO Michel Khalaf
Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Susan Podlogar

The insurance company provides eligible employees financial
assistance up to $10,000 to offset expenses of adopting a child.
Employees also may request reimbursement up to $5,000 per year
per child for surrogacy-related costs.

Moody’s New York, New York

President and CEO Raymond McDaniel
Senior VP and Chief HR Officer Melanie Hughes

All new parents (birth, adoption, surrogate and foster) at the
financial-services firm receive 10 weeks of fully paid leave that they
can take over a 12-month period in increments as small as one day.
For adoptive and foster parents, the paid leave is available as soon as
they are matched with a child. Birth mothers receive 16 to 18 weeks
of paid leave when combined with short-term disability.

Morgan Stanley HALL OF FAME New York, New York

Chairman and CEO James Gorman
Managing Director and Chief HR Officer Jeff Brodsky

McKinsey & Company New York, New York In 2020, the financial-services firm launched a mental-health benefit
by Lyra Health to US employees and their dependents, which
Global Managing Partner Kevin Sneader guarantees convenient access to confidential and quality behavioral
Senior Partner Judith Hazlewood healthcare at no cost.

In 2019, the consulting firm expanded its family-planning benefits Moss Adams Seattle, Washington
by offering elective egg-preservation support to all employees
globally for up to two cycles at the provider of the employee’s Chairman and CEO Chris Schmidt
choosing. The firm also covers a range of fertility treatments Executive Director, HR Jennifer Wyne
through its medical plan, as well as $10,000 assistance per
adoption and $10,000 per surrogacy. Career advisors at the accounting and business-consulting firm have
monthly and quarterly touchpoint meetings with advisees. They help
BOTTOM: KATHY RYAN Merck 25 Kenilworth, New Jersey set career goals, share what’s expected at the current level and in the
future, gather feedback from others, contribute to learning and
Chairman and CEO Ken Frazier development recommendations, and facilitate midyear and annual
Chief HR Officer Steven Mizell performance reviews.

Through ›1993 The brainchild of the Ms. Foundation, Take Our Daughters to
the Years Work Day takes flight. The idea was for girls 9 to 15 to see
what their moms—or working women who “adopt” them for
the day—do for a living to get them interested in having a career. Boys were supposed
to talk about gender and work at school for the day. The New York Times Company, a
100 Best Company, participated that first year, along with more than 1 million girls.

COMPANIES 2020

Nationwide FIRST-TIMER Columbus, Ohio NewYork-Presbyterian New York, New York

CEO Kirt Walker President and CEO Steven J. Corwin, M.D.
Executive VP, Chief Administrative Officer Gale King Senior VP and Chief HR Officer Shaun Smith

The Moms associate resource group supports expecting, new and Comprehensive infertility treatment is covered at the healthcare
experienced mothers. Based on input from the group, the Maternity organization without prior authorization, and up to $15,000 of
Assistance Services program was enhanced to provide access to a in-vitro fertilization services are covered without an infertility
nurse who guides pregnant employees through each trimester and diagnosis. To help ease the financial burden of adoption or
upon returning to work. Medical professionals also help new parents surrogacy, employees are entitled to up to $15,000 per event in
find pediatricians and schedule their first appointments, and reimbursement.
counselors advise parents on childcare providers.

New York Life HALL OF FAME The New York Times Company New York, New York

New York, New York CEO Meredith Kopit Levien
General Counsel Diane Brayton
Chairman and CEO Ted Mathias
Senior VP and Head of HR and Corporate Affairs Carla Rutigliano

Lifecare provides free educational materials, personalized referrals, The media company offers backup daycare and access to a
and an interactive website to help employees more effectively manage database of caregivers through Bright Horizons. Employees get
work and life responsibilities. It also offers discounts and services 10 backup daycare uses per child per calendar year. Parents with
relating to childcare and parenting, health and wellness, pregnancy, children under 1 are given five extra backup daycare uses. This
adultcare and aging, education, adoption, safety, entertainment and applies to both center-based and in-home care.
travel, and financial matters, such as mortgages and student loans.

Novo Nordisk Inc. Plainsboro, New Jersey

AT 100 BEST COMPANIES: Executive VP, North America Operations and President
Novo Nordisk Inc. Douglas J. Langa
75% provide Corporate VP, NNI HR Maryellen O. McQuade
sick-child
care. In 2019, the pharmaceutical company had 80 hours of subsidized
backup care for temporary care breakdowns in child-, adult- and
eldercare. Effective January 1, 2020, employees are eligible for an
additional 80 hours of backup care per year while traveling on
business.

Five years NYU Langone Health New York, New York
ago, only
68% Dean and CEO Robert I. Grossman, M.D.
provided Executive VP and Vice Dean, HR and Organization
this Development and Learning Nancy Sanchez
benefit.
At the start of 2019, the academic healthcare system
enhanced its adoption benefit from $5,000 to $10,000
per child (up to two children). In addition, a surrogacy
assistance benefit was introduced, up to $10,000 per
child (up to two children).

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AT 100 BEST COMPANIES: leadership program is designed to increase self-awareness,
gender-equity acumen and intentional action of midlevel men to
79% further the advancement of women.
offer
phase-back Principal HALL OF FAME Des Moines, Iowa
programs for
parents to Chairman, President and CEO Dan Houston
come back Senior VP and Chief HR Officer Jon Couture
gradually
after a The financial-services firm each year offers a Scholarship for
new child. Excellence: $2,500 for up to 20 eligible dependent children. In
addition, renewable scholarships of up to $1,000 a year for four years
are available for dependents of employees who are finalists in the
National Merit Scholarship Program.

Procter & Gamble 25 Cincinnati, Ohio

Chairman, President and CEO David Taylor
Chief HR Officer Tracey Grabowski

The consumer-products company in 2019 modernized its Flex@work
program so that pre-COVID-19 more than 75 percent of employees
globally reported using flexible work policies and benefits.
Combinations of paid and unpaid leave, telecommuting, and flexible
schedules help new parents, single parents, and employees caring for
older relatives. Through discussions with managers, these options can
be dialed up or down at any time.

Protiviti Menlo Park, California

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman New York, New York President and CEO Joseph Tarantino
Executive VP, Global HR Scott Redfearn
Chair David Dekker
Chief HR Officer Kathleen Pearson In July 2019, the global consulting firm announced its US paid parental
leave policy would expand from four weeks for primary caregivers and
In 2019, the law firm announced significant enhancements to benefits one week for nonprimary caregivers to 10 weeks’ gender-neutral leave
and programs for employees, spouses/domestic partners and for the birth or adoption of a child. The change came after employees
dependents, including individual therapy sessions, coaching programs, stated the need in an engagement survey and a review of other
and unlimited access to self-care tools and applications to navigate parental policies through Working Mother.
issues such as stress, time-management, anxiety, depression,
substance abuse and relationship challenges. Prudential Financial 25 Newark, New Jersey

PNC Financial Services Group HALL OF FAME Chairman and CEO Charles Lowrey
Senior VP and Chief HR Officer Lucien Alzari
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The financial-services firm introduced the Leave Concierge, an HR
President and CEO William Demchak service that supports employees and managers throughout the leave-
Chief HR Officer Vicki Henn of-absence process. A team of specialists provides employees and
managers with the education, guidance and support to navigate
BOTTOM: GETTY IMAGES In partnership with the Forte Foundation, the financial institution leaves. All employee-initiated leaves are included, including parental,
created Men as Allies in 2018, and expanded it in 2019. This yearlong disability, family, general and military.

Through 100 Best ›1993
the Years Company
Toni Morrison, a divorced
Deloitte mom of two, wins the Nobel
Prize for Literature, the first
launches a program to increase Hawaii mandates African American to do so.
its educational
the number of women partners. system to provide
after-school care.
At the time, women were only

5 percent of the Big Six accounting

firms’ partners.

COMPANIES 2020

Publicis Sapient Boston, Massachusetts RSM US LLP Chicago, Illinois

CEO Nigel Vaz Managing Partner and CEO Joe Adams
Chief Talent Officer, General VP, People Strategy Kameshwari Rao Chief HR Officer Katie Lamkin

The digital transformation company’s Workplace Solutions program The audit, tax and consulting firm allows employees paid
provides 24/7 access to mental-health clinicians for confidential sabbaticals to achieve personal or professional goals. During the
consultation, guidance and support, along with short-term counseling time away, they receive 20 percent of pay and are eligible for all
and referrals to local counselors. It is available to employees, benefits. Employees are required to disconnect from work during
dependents, and eligible household members for family or relationship their sabbaticals. In 2019, 64 employees took sabbaticals.
concerns, depression, anxiety, emotional health, grief/loss, substance
use, and personal or professional stress. S&P Global

President and CEO Douglas Peterson New York, New York
Chief People Officer Dimitra Manis
PwC 25 New York, New York

US Chairman and Senior Partner Tim Ryan Employees at the financial-services firm planning for their children’s
Chief People Officer Mike Fenlon education can use the college coach program, which helps them
navigate the admissions process and plan for college. They receive
The professional-services firm offers eight weeks of paid parental expert advice from former college admissions and finance staffers
leave for all employees, as well as a phased return-to-work option— and professors.
working 60 percent of hours at full-time pay for an additional four
weeks immediately following parental leave.

Sanofi U.S. Bridgewater, New Jersey

Roche Diagnostics HALL OF FAME Indianapolis, Indiana Head of Sanofi Genzyme North America and US Country Lead
Carole Huntsman
President and CEO North America Matt Sause Head of HR North America Clint Wallace
Head of People and Culture Bridget Boyle

New in 2020, the biotech company offers four weeks’ paid On World Mental Health Day, October 10, the pharmaceutical
caregiving leave to let employees help loved ones without using company launched an employee campaign called “It’s OK to Not Be
vacation or sick time. The company offers three to six weeks of OK.” Objectives are to increase awareness and promote mental-
paid vacation depending on years of service, with the opportunity health benefits, such as a free on-demand emotional-support tool
to carry over up to 10.5 weeks. Exempt employees also have that includes a real-time coach, employee-assistance program
unlimited sick time, as well as five days of authorized paid leave (telephonic and on-site) and telemedicine. The kickoff attracted
for unplanned family needs. more than 1,200 attendees.

AT 100 BEST COMPANIES: GETTY IMAGES

65% have formal
sponsorship
programs

that help women and others
from underrepresented groups
get ahead.

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Working Mother SC Johnson 25 Racine, Wisconsin
of the Year 2020
Chairman and CEO H. Fisk Johnson
Sony Electronics Inc.’s Karim Noblecilla, with Senior VP and Chief HR Officer Kimberly Hauer
Francesca, 8, Salomon, 5, and husband, Rodrigo.
New in 2019, the consumer-products company partnered with
At the office, I consistently Leading Women Executives to offer a leadership-development
give my best to drive results program for high-potential women who are prepared to advance
but also to build trust from senior management to executive roles. Along with
with my manager and my completing in-person modules, a senior-level advocate from the
team, as trust is critical company is assigned to each participant to provide corporate
when I leave in the middle insights and professional guidance.
of the day for a few hours
to participate in school Sony Electronics Inc. San Diego, California
activities. It’s also to leave
them confident knowing that President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Fasulo
the job will still get done. Senior VP, HR Laura Ash

Employees can add their parents and parents-in-law to the
electronics manufacturer’s legal services plan for an additional
$6 per month. Through this coverage, parents and in-laws have
access to consultations and document review with participating
attorneys for issues related to estate planning, such as wills and
healthcare proxy, Medicare, Medicaid, nursing-home agreements,
and more.

State Farm FIRST-TIMER Bloomington, Illinois

Chairman, President and CEO Michael Tipsord
VP, HR Michael Trout

The insurance company offers five days’ life leave, additional
paid time for personal use or a family member’s illness
(including child- and eldercare). The company also gives
employees one day a year of celebration leave to mark an
important day in their lives.

State Street Boston, Massachusetts

President and CEO Ronald O’Hanley
Executive VP, Chief HR and Corporate Citizenship Officer
Kathryn Hogan

TOP: COURTESY The financial-services company provides up to four weeks of paid
family caregiver leave to employees to care for their family
member (spouse, domestic partner, child, parent or stepparent) in
the event of a serious medical condition. Additionally, employees
may use this leave to care for a covered service member who is
recovering from a serious injury or illness sustained while on
active duty.

Through ›1996

›1995the Years The inaugural Work/Life Congress, now known as the
Work Beyond Summit, honored the 100 Best in New York
Sixty-three percent City, keynoted by Soledad O’Brien. She became one of the
of new moms return few to grace the cover of Working Mother multiple times.
to the labor force
within six months.

COMPANIES 2020

Working Mother Synchrony Stamford, Connecticut
of the Year 2020
President and CEO Margaret Keane
Zoetis’ Renee Peng (back right) with Matteo 2, Executive VP and Chief HR Officer DJ Casto
Lucas, infant, and wife, Yessenia.
Starting in 2020, the financial-services firm increased paid parental
As a manufacturing site leave from six to 12 weeks and backup care for children or seniors
leader, I’ve been able to from five to 10 days.
help manage colleagues’
fears about coming to work Takeda Deerfield, Illinois
by doing mask audits for
regular and correct use, President and CEO Christophe Weber
separating lunchroom Head of HR, US Business Unit Lauren Duprey
tables, implementing
hands-free dispensers In 2019, the pharmaceutical company consolidated its parental leaves
for utensils and paper into gender-neutral bonding leave. All parents—birth, adoption,
towels, increasing cleaning surrogacy and foster care—have access to six weeks of fully paid
procedures, making leave. If both parents are Takeda employees, they may each take
additional PPE available, paid leave at the same or separate times. All new parents have one
and more. year to take the leave. Birth moms also have an additional six to eight
weeks’ paid short-term disability.

Texas Instruments Inc. HALL OF FAME Dallas, Texas

Chairman, President and CEO Richard Templeton
Senior VP, HR Darla Whitaker

The semiconductor company’s online parenting groups enable
employees and their spouses or partners to post questions or resources.
These include Parents Network, Adoptive Parents, and groups for
employees caring for children with disabilities and elderly relatives.

TIAA New York, New York

President and CEO Roger Ferguson
Senior Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Sean Woodroffe

In 2020, the financial-services organization is doubling the financial
assistance provided for adoption-related expenses. The limit for
covered expenses will increase from $5,000 to $10,000 per
adopted child.

Transamerica Baltimore, Maryland

President and CEO Mark Mullin
Chief People Officer Holly Waters

The insurance and investments company has increased its COURTESY
commitment to healthy employees by giving them health savings
account dollars for healthy behaviors, allowing flexibility to add
workouts to their daily routine, initiating companywide walking
challenges and encouraging team events, such as a partnership with
American Heart Association Cycle Nation.

40 Workingmother.com | october/november 2020 Hall of Fame (at least 15 years on the list)

UBS New York, New York AT 100 BEST COMPANIES:

CEO Sergio Ermotti 57%
Group Head, HR Stefan Seiler of participants in
formal mentoring
In 2020, the financial-services firm is programs are women.
eliminating the primary/secondary
designation in its paid parental leave.
All parents now get 20 weeks’ leave,
which they can take consecutively or as
two 10-week leaves. If both parents
work for UBS, both get the full benefit.

U.S. Bank FIRST-TIMER Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chairman, President and CEO Andrew Cecere Visa Inc. Foster City, California
Vice Chair, Chief Administration Officer, Strategy, Reputation and
HR Kate Quinn CEO Alfred F. Kelly Jr.
Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Jennifer Grant

The financial-services company provides a free sitting-service In 2019, the digital-payments company implemented milk shipping for
membership, financial discount for nanny placement, and gives moms traveling for business. Additionally, they have access to board-
employees up to 10 days of subsidized backup childcare or adult-/ certified lactation consultants to provide 24/7 nursing support for
eldercare services. During busy times, the company may cover the challenges including positioning techniques, pumping collection and
cost of this backup care completely, with no copay. storage, weaning, and preparing to return to work.

Verizon HALL OF FAME New York, New York

Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg Wellstar Health System Marietta, Georgia
Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Christy M. Pambianchi
President and CEO Candice Saunders
Executive VP and Chief HR Officer David A. Jones

In 2019, the telecommunications company began offering fertility Long hours, odd schedules, stressful work and eating on the run all
benefits for employees or partners (including same-sex partners) contribute to unhealthy workers. The healthcare system offers a
for in-vitro fertilization, egg freezing and other fertility procedures. free 12-week Live Well Challenge that follows Centers for Disease
Adoption and surrogacy benefits now provide up to $10,000 Control guidelines to help participants track weight, waist
reimbursement for full-time employees and $5,000 for circumference and body-fat composition. Wellstar’s Center for Best
part-time employees. Health offers a customized, medically monitored program with a
comprehensive approach to getting healthy, including nutritional
ViacomCBS New York, New York therapy, behavior modification, exercise, medication management
and bariatric-surgery referrals.
President and CEO Robert Bakish
Executive VP and Chief People Officer Nancy Phillips

Parents of children with developmental needs can partake in Zoetis Parsippany, New Jersey
ReThink, a program that allows them to coordinate care, access
online resources and connect with other parents for peer support. CEO Kristin Peck
Employees also have access to subsidized childcare, eldercare and Executive VP and Chief HR Officer Roxanne Lagano
pet care through Bright Horizons. This program provides support
BOTTOM: GETTY IMIAGES both for parents whose normal childcare routine falls through or In 2019, approximately 70 percent of US employees at the
who are looking for an after-school sitter, as well as employees at animal-health company were eligible for flexible work arrangements.
the media company caring for an aging loved one or needing a Most used flextime either consistently or on an as-needed basis.
dog walker. The company also offers half-day Fridays between Memorial Day
and Labor Day.

Through ›1997

›1996the Years Madeleine Albright, mother of
three, becomes US Secretary of
Bright Horizons becomes the first childcare State, the highest federal political
provider to offer backup services on a office ever held by a woman.

national level. Two 100 Best Companies,
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

are among the first employer partners.

COMPANIES 2020

Pivot Point

Employees at family-friendly companies had the edge when COVID-19 hit.

BY BARBARA FRANKEL

s companies scrambled to convert established benefits and flex programs were able to
their workforces to successfully swiftly reorganize and catapult ahead to support
telecommute this past spring, issues employees from disproportionate setbacks,” says
Deborah Munster, vice president of Working
quickly arose over technology, Mother’s Diversity Best Practices subsidiary.
scheduling, manager oversight and,
most important, staffers’ ability to Other organizations, on the other hand,
integrate childcare, homeschooling and other “needed to start from scratch,” says Amber
family needs with work demands. Clayton, director, Knowledge Center, the Society
Employees at the Working Mother 100 Best for Human Resources Management. “They had to
Companies are the real winners here. Because determine if telecommuting or flexible work days
these organizations already were highly attuned were even an option. If so, they not only had to
to the concerns of working families, including develop policies, but they also had to determine
parents, their young children and even their which positions could successfully work from
college-age kids, they moved quickly to help. home and what would happen to those employees
“The global pandemic has hit our reset button. who could not do so.”
Being agile and adaptive in innovative and
inclusive ways made a difference. Here’s how these six 100 Best Companies used
Organizations with strong, existing benefits and hiring commitments to
quickly address the new workforce needs.

GETTY IMAGES

ERNST & Right after the pandemic hit, the professional- 100 Best vs. the Rest
YOUNG LLP services firm also hosted an all-hands webcast
for the more than 50,000 people in the Americas What the 100 Best offered pre-COVID-19
Expanding region. “Firm leadership called on partners to have compared with national averages from the
Virtual the courage to lead, serve our clients and take care Society for Human Resources Management
of our teams,” says Carolyn Slaski, EY Americas Vice
Resources Chair—Talent. The webcasts continued, now being 100 Best The Rest
held on a weekly basis, with features, tools and
resources available to help employees. 100% personal time off 61%
to full-time
One of the key resources: the EY Assist program, employees
which connects EY people with consultants or
licensed professionals. Recognizing how COVID-19 100% paid 34%
impacted staffers’ families, the firm added virtual parental leave
medical visits and increased resources to support
emotional health, discounted tutoring, and drop-in 100% telecommuting 71%
calls and group counseling sessions focused on
mindfulness, caregiving and related topics. The 100% flexible hours 57%
firm also went from 12 to 24 paid days for caregiving
for children or dependent adults, which must be used 86% compressed 32%
by the end of the year. workweeks

Senior associate Asha N. Sullivan, says: “Working
for an employer that schedules mindfulness sessions
daily during the crisis to break up the workday has
proved to be absolutely invaluable. It allows me to
reset and ups my productivity level.”

74% dependent-care 31%
benefits

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Creating Safer Workspaces

The manufacturer of laser printers and flexibility. For working parents, that means enrolled before COVID-19. It reopened on
imaging products must have some workers changing hours so they can start their day June 22 for 48 children, with staggered
on-site, both for production and research earlier and end later but have time midday hours, temperature checks for workers,
and development. Before COVID-19, only to help and support their children. parents and children, and insistence on
about 10 percent of the 2,000 US workers frequent handwashing for all.
telecommuted, compared with about Key factors in creating a comfortable
70 percent now. work environment for those on-site are: “They quickly rearranged classroom
assignments, cleaning procedures, food
Starting in March, business leaders from • Installation of plexiglass shields in service, drop-off/pickup procedures and
all units met weekly to address issues, the lobby at corporate headquarters and much more to ensure that our children
including the safest ways to keep workers cafeterias. were in the safest possible environment,”
on-site. Employees who ask to work at says Tanya Welsch, HR business partner.
home (and whose jobs allow it) are given • Signage in restrooms only allowing use “It was not an easy decision, but knowing
permission. Those who must be on-site of every other sink. how much the team at the center cares
are asked what accommodations make about the kids and their attention to all the
them comfortable, says Nikki Robson, HR • Conference rooms with posted limits details gave us peace of mind to send our
business partner. “We have placed priority of how many people can be there. 5-year-old son back.”
on safety,” she says, adding that most
accommodation requests have focused on • Creation of many quiet private rooms
for employees.

The childcare facility at the Lexington,
Kentucky, corporate headquarters,
operated by the YMCA, had 83 children

Through ›1997 ›1997
the Years
Marriott partners with Hilton, Hyatt Eight moms are among
Liz Lange founds and Omni hotels to open Atlanta’s Inn the inaugural class of
her stylish mater- for Children, a 24-hour subsidized WNBA athletes.
nity line, changing childcare center among the first to be
aimed at low-income workers.
how working
moms-to-be dress.

COMPANIES 2020

NEW YORK LIFE Schair, VP of corporate communications. for our clients who rely on us, especially in
Leadership took an empathetic tone that a time of need,” he wrote.
Training Leaders to
Manage Remotely “helped employees see they genuinely The company also had a page on its
cared about their health and safety,” Schair internal website for the latest COVID-19
When the virus hit, only 5 percent of the says. For example, the company was sched- news and resources on self-care, mental
insurance company’s employees were uled for a series of celebrations around its health and flexibility. Senior leadership
regularly working from home. By March 17, 175th anniversary that had to be canceled. served as visible role models by creating
only 5 percent were not. CEO and chairman Ted Mathas sent out clear boundaries between their own work
this note: and personal lives.
The company used self-directed articles
and videos to help employees adapt to “While not a time to celebrate, this is Within 45 days of the move to remote
technology and learn to manage people a time to embrace who we are and what working, training on this topic increased by
from home. But their biggest edge in matters most. What matters most is our more than 150 percent compared with the
moving so quickly was “the strong and health and safety and the health and safety previous 45 days. Employees completed
trusted voice from the top leadership, of those we love. What matters most is more than 25,000 related online or virtual
which relieved a lot of anxiety,” says Adam continuing to be there for each other and learning courses.

STATE FARM While companies everywhere canceled internships, the insurance company We
decided to move forward, hiring all 419 summer interns who had been promised wondered
Transforming paid positions, of the 12,000 who applied. The organization’s goal: to honor a if they
Its Summer promise to college students and their families. The juniors and seniors were would have
Internship expecting to work in the Atlanta, Bloomington, Illinois, Dallas and Phoenix offices a fulfilling
Program for 10 weeks. But State Farm had moved its entire workforce (about 100,000) to internship
virtual within 10 days of the pandemic hitting in March. Previously, only 10 percent working
of employees telecommuted. remotely,
but we
“There was discussion and consideration about canceling. We wondered if they were very
would have a fulfilling internship working remotely, but we were very committed to committed
this,” says Rasheed Merritt, assistant VP, HR. to this.

To keep the interns engaged before they started, the company set up a LinkedIn —Rasheed
page in the spring so interns knew what was going on with their positions and the
organization as a whole. Merritt, State Farm

The interns, who mostly work in IT, claims and underwriting, were each given PHONE: GETTY IMAGES
a department mentor to help them feel connected and understand their work.

Generally, between 25 and 30 percent of interns are offered full-time jobs
after graduating. The acceptance rate in 2019 was 78 percent. As of this writing,
it’s too early to know how many will find full-time jobs at the company, but State
Farm officials are optimistic. The company has a history of helping families by
developing young talent so parents can be assured college students have secure
jobs when they graduate.

Intern response this summer has been positive. For example, intern Lakeesha
Patterson, who was going to work out of the Atlanta office, says: “Despite the fact
that we were 100 percent virtual, I was determined to get the most out of my
internship. The intern coordinators and onboarding team have done a fantastic job
ensuring that we had a great internship experience, even though we are the first
virtual group. Being virtual can be challenging at times, but you get out of it what
you put in.”

Adds Peyton Kelley, an intern in Bloomington: “I loved it. My favorite part was
the freedom and creativity that my supervisors gave me to work on projects.”

Through ›1998

›1998the Years Mother of three Nancy W.
Dickey, M.D., becomes the first
Eileen Collins, mother of one at the time, female president of the Ameri-
becomes the first woman to be named can Medical Association.
commander of a US space shuttle mission,
successfully commanding the Columbia mission
the following year.

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choices for
your f mily

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COMPANIES 2020

S&P GLOBAL Early in 2019, the HR team at the financial-services company This system lets us
adapted Agile, a system of using small, focused teams working quickly mobilize to
Switching to on quick solutions to problems instead of putting ideas through implement change.
Agile Product normal, much-lengthier HR processes.
Management —Missy Grizzard,
The new way of operating allowed the company to set up a S&P Global
series of employee listening sessions and pulse surveys during
the pandemic, including one in China in February, assessing the
issues for the 246 employees there. “This system lets us quickly
mobilize to implement change,” says Missy Grizzard, head of
people agility and project management office manager.

A pulse survey of nearly 20,000 global employees showed
staffers wanted more time to care for sick children, ability to carry
over vacation time, and more Teladoc resources. Each employee
received a $200 tech allowance. More pulse surveys have followed,
focusing on safety and well-being support and reentry strategies.

The company quickly expanded paid sick child/dependent care
leave from two to 10 days, increased paid sick leave from five
consecutive days to 10 days minimum, and addressed related
issues, including expanded wellness program and benefits, an
allowance for IT needs, and expanding vacation rollovers.

In addition, eligible reimbursable expenses were enhanced to
include ergonomic home-office equipment, face masks, disinfectants
and child-oriented activities, such as virtual tutoring.

ZOETIS the workplace,” says Roxanne Lagano, backup care was very helpful for me
executive VP and chief HR officer, in the beginning to set up our new
Optimizing Backup global operations. ‘normal’ at home. It acted like a tran-
Childcare sition period for my boys and me to
The company changed its build a schedule. Although I still get
Before COVID-19, the animal-health childcare offerings and told the ‘Mom, I’m hungry’ or ‘I have to go
company offered employees whose employees to use whomever they potty’ during conference calls, at least
childcare fell through 10 days a year wanted to watch their child—family I had a support system in place that
to send their children to a backup members, friends, neighbors—and didn’t put me out financially,” says
facility run by Bright Horizons. they could submit for reimbursement Adrienne McAleer, manager, equine
Employees paid $15 a day for one of $100 a day for 40 days. Since the marketing innovation.
child or $25 daily for two or more policy went into effect in March,
kids. Employees who used in-home 183 have used it, says Tammy Bakos, “My son is 10 years old and
backup childcare paid $6 an hour, VP of colleague experience. developmentally delayed, so he is in
with the rest subsidized by the com- special-needs class at school and
pany, but they had to use a caregiver As of July 1, the company also needs more help than typical kids his
in the Bright Horizons network. added Sittercity, an online referral age,” says Taru Jain, senior director,
service provided at no cost to IT program management office. “This
“We knew right away that our employee-caregivers. benefit has been a lifesaver because
colleagues were being thrown into we were able to employ a sitter to
situations working from home that “We learned that childcare is fun- help my son with logging on for
made it difficult to balance childcare. damental to operating our business. school classes, following teachers’
We were deemed an essential busi- Unless we are able to support child- instructions, being able to focus, and
ness, so some people had to go into care, our colleagues won’t be able to eat his lunch.”
operate productively,” Lagano says.

Employees agree. “Having the

Through ›2000
the Years
The Working Mother
The NAFE Top In honor of Working Mother’s Book of Time, a
Companies for 20th anniversary then–New practical guide,
Executive Women York City mayor Rudy Giuliani hits bookstores.
proclaimed May 20 Working
list debuts.
Mother Day.

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