Success By 6 Spirit of the Family Awards
Family-Friendly Workplace Policies
FLEXIBILITY AND TIME OFF POLICIES
| Flextime |
| Part-time work |
| Job sharing |
| Flex-place (work at home) |
| Midday Flex -time off in middle of day |
| Compressed work week (allowing staff to work 4, 10-hour days |
| Early Retirement |
| Paid Maternity Leave (Beyond disability & Family Medical Leave Act) |
| Paid Paternity Leave |
| Paid leave for adoptive parents |
| Unpaid family leave beyond |
| Use of employee sick days to care for dependents |
| Paid Time Off Leave Bank (Employees receive a total number of paid time days rather than those assigned to personal, sick, etc. |
| Education Flextime |
| Other: |
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
| Flexible benefits or cafeteria plan |
| Flexible spending account or dependent care |
| Flexible spending account for health care |
| Long Term Care Insurance |
| Adoption Assistance |
| Child Care Assistance |
| Dependent Care subsidies |
| Reimbursement of care needed during work related travel |
| Discounts at health clubs |
| Education Assistance |
| Other: |
INFORMATION AND COUNSELING
| Caregiver fairs |
| Seminars on Family issues |
| Support groups |
| Employee Assistance Program |
| Wellness/Health Promotion |
| Relocation Assistance |
| Special work/life newsletter |
| Child Care Referral Services |
| Elder Care Referral Services |
| On-site Education Programs (i.e., GED, CPR, computer literacy, parent education, English as a Second Language, etc.) |
| Other: |
HEALTH SUPPORT
| Prenatal care support |
| Breastfeeding support (One or more of the following are available through the company: Room for Breastfeeding or pumping, literature, lactation consultant) |
| On-site fitness center |
| On-site fitness programs |
| Health insurance for employees |
| Health insurance for employees' dependents |
| Other: |
DEPENDENT CARE SERVICES
| On-site or near-site childcare center |
| Support of community-based childcare center (In-kind donations or cash donations) |
| Backup childcare services (When primary care is unavailable; relative or formal) |
| Get well care for mildly ill children |
| After school program |
| School holiday/vacation service |
| Summer camp |
| On-site adult day care center |
| Support of community Adult Day Care Center (In-kind or cash contribution) |
| Other: |
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION
| Management training on work/life issues |
| Employee training on work/life issues |
| Work/life manager or coordinator (An employee designated to coordinate & support the implementation of family workplace policies and programs) |
| Task force on work/life issues |
| A process for requesting flexible work arrangements |
| Performance category for management review that includes ability to be flexible |
| Strategy for communicating work/life issues |
| Link of work/life to technology (flexible workplace, work at home) |
| Other: |
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