Aflac Named a Leading Company for Working Mother's
September 25 2006 - 11:04AM
PR Newswire (US)
Working Mother magazine recognizes Aflac as being a women- and
family-friendly company COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ --
Working Mother magazine today announced that Aflac is a 2006
Working Mother 100 Best Company. For 21 years the Working Mother
100 Best Companies has celebrated employers like Aflac whose
groundbreaking benefits - from flexible schedules and child care to
innovative leave policies for new parents - are helping redefine
workplace standards across the nation. "Aflac remains committed to
providing opportunities to women that improve the balance between
work and home life because it is important to our workforce,"
stated Audrey Tillman, senior vice president, director of Human
Resources. "This recognition not only validates that we are
continuing to move in the right direction, but also that the
programs we have initiated are effective." Profiled in the October
issue of Working Mother magazine, the Columbus, Ga.-based insurer
is celebrated for creating a work environment that is especially
hospitable to all women, including working mothers. In making
family-friendly policies - including flextime, child care and
telecommuting - the norm, Aflac continues to create a corporate
culture that encourages the retention and promotion of its female
employees. "Aflac is exceptional for its continuing commitment to
working mothers, and we salute them for making the 100 Best for the
fifth time," said Carol Evans, CEO of Working Mother Media. "Every
year we see companies upping the ante, establishing new paradigms
for quality of life among their employees and redefining the status
quo for workplaces across the country. Among the many worthy
entrants, the winners really set the gold standard." At Aflac,
women make up the majority of the company's entire workforce,
accounting for nearly 70 percent of all employees. More than half
of Aflac's management team consists of females, and close to 30
percent of upper management are women. Recently, the company
launched a telecommuting program for employees and already has a
flextime program in place that a fourth of the 4,100 employees
utilize. The company is also noted for housing the largest on-site
child-care facility in Georgia, providing accommodations for more
than 600 children. In surveying the companies that applied for this
year's list, Working Mother gave particular weight to flexible
scheduling and leave time. To apply for the Working Mother 100
Best, Aflac provided the magazine with detailed information on
seven areas of work/life balance, including workforce profile,
compensation, child care, flexibility, time off and leaves, family-
friendly programs and company culture. The company completed a 500+
question application, the most rigorous of its kind, which checked
the availability, tracking and usage of programs to support working
mothers, the accountability of managers to implement programs and
the successful advancement of women into top-paying jobs, board
position and management ranks. The leading insurer was also
required to submit benefits handbooks and supporting documentation.
The complete list of the 2006 Working Mother 100 Best Companies can
be found at http://www.workingmother.com/. About Aflac For more
than 50 years, Aflac products have given policyholders the
opportunity to direct cash where it is needed most when a
life-interrupting medical event causes financial challenges. Aflac
is the number one provider of guaranteed-renewable insurance in the
United States and the number one insurance company in terms of
individual insurance policies in force in Japan. Aflac's insurance
products provide protection to more than 40 million people
worldwide. Aflac has been included in Fortune magazine's listing of
America's Most Admired Companies for six consecutive years and
Forbes magazine's Platinum 400 List of America's Best Big Companies
for five consecutive years. In January 2006, Aflac was included in
Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in
America for the eighth consecutive year. Aflac was also included in
Fortune magazine's list of the Top 50 Employers for Minorities in
August 2005, and in September 2005, Aflac Japan was named the Life
Insurance Company of the Year at the Asia Insurance Industry
Awards, sponsored by the Asia Insurance Review. Aflac Incorporated
is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac, visit
aflac.com. About Working Mother Founded in 1979, Working Mother
magazine reaches nearly 3 million readers and is the only national
magazine for career-committed mothers. Its 21-year signature
initiative, Working Mother 100 Best Companies, is the most
important benchmark for work/life practices in corporate America.
The publication also releases the annual list of the Best Companies
for Women of Color in the June issue. Working Mother is published
by Working Mother Media (WMM), which also owns the National
Association for Female Executives (NAFE), NAFE Magazine, the annual
100 Best Companies WorkLife Congress, as well as the Best Companies
for Women of Color Multicultural Conference and regional Town
Halls. This year, WMM launched its Best Small Companies for Working
Mothers initiative. (Logo:
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Contacts: Yolonda King Mechell Clark Aflac Incorporated Aflac
Incorporated (706) 243-8547 706-243-8004
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