LATINA Style Names Aflac to Its 50 Best Companies for Latinas
August 28 2007 - 1:41PM
PR Newswire (US)
Aflac honored for outstanding achievements in workforce diversity
COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- LATINA Style magazine has
named Aflac to its list of the 50 Best Companies for Hispanic women
to work for in the United States, citing Aflac's ongoing commitment
to the recruitment, retention and advancement of Latinas. The
LATINA Style 50 companies will be honored on February 7, 2008,
during LATINA Style's Awards Ceremony and Diversity Leaders
Conference in Washington, D.C., and recognized at an exclusive
Awards Reception at the White House. This year's Awards Ceremony
and Diversity Leaders Conference will be celebrating its 10-year
anniversary of the program. "We are honored, once again, to be
ranked among LATINA Style's 50 best companies in America," said
Brenda Mullins, second vice president and diversity officer for
Aflac Human Resources. "At Aflac, we recognize the value in having
a diverse workforce and work hard to ensure that all our employees
have opportunities for professional growth. We pride ourselves in
creating an environment where everyone feels valued and included."
LATINA Style 50 selects companies that integrate the best
employment policies and resources as they relate to Hispanic women.
More than 800 companies were evaluated. The primary areas of
evaluation included leadership programs, profit sharing,
educational opportunities, dependent/child-care support, education
reimbursement, Latina representation in senior positions, flexible
work schedules, scholarships for employees' children and dedicated
Hispanic recruitment. About LATINA Style LATINA Style magazine
broke new ground in 1994 to launch the first national magazine
dedicated to the needs and concerns of the contemporary Latina
working woman in the U.S. Focusing on the needs of Latina
professionals, Latina business owners, college students and
Hispanic influentials, LATINA Style is the most influential
magazine reaching the Latina professional. 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. Our 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 seven consecutive years and in
Fortune magazine's list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in
America for nine consecutive years. Aflac has also been recognized
three times by both Fortune magazine's listing of the Top 50
Employers for Minorities and Working Mother magazine's listing of
the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. 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. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041202/CLTH019LOGO ) Media
Contacts: Darcy Brito Mechell Clark Aflac Incorporated Aflac
Incorporated (706) 320-2358 Voice (706) 243-8547 Voice
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Aflac CONTACT: Media, Darcy
Brito, +1-706-320-2358, , or Mechell Clark, +1-706-243-8547, , both
of Aflac Web site: http://www.aflac.com/
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