Area Businesses Among Finalists Nationwide for Prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence

Tuesday, May 11, Spokane, Wash.

16 Spokane-area companies have passed round one of the 2010 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. The award recognizes businesses as leaders in workplace flexibility locally and across the country.

Companies being considered for the award include: Associated Industries; BDO Seidman; Career Path Services; CH2M Hill – Spokane; Coffman Engineers, Inc.; Haskins Steel Co., Inc.; Humanix Staffing and Recruiting; Inland Imaging; Matrical Bioscience; Principal Financial Group; Red Lion Hotels Corporation; St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute; Spokane Teachers Credit Union (STCU); Sunshine Health Facilities, Inc.; Tate Technology, Inc.; and Veterans Medical Center.

BDO Seidman, Humanix Staffing and Recruiting, Principal Financial Group, and St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute all received Sloan Awards in 2009. Humanix Staffing and Recruiting was also a 2008 Sloan Award winner.

The prestigious Sloan Awards honor organizations of all sizes and types using workplace flexibility as a strategy to increase effectiveness and yield positive business results. The Sloan Awards recognize organizations dedicated to making work “work” for both the employer and employees.

Applications for the Alfred P. Sloan Awards were open to all organizations in the greater Spokane area with more than ten employees that had been in business for at least one year. Applicants are evaluated in a rigorous two-step process, first comparing the employer’s application to nationally representative data from Families and Work Institute’s National Study of Employers. Round two judging corroborates employer responses through employee surveys.

Spokane is one of 30 select communities nationwide chosen to participate in the When Work Works initiative. Other communities are: Arizona (statewide); Atlanta, GA; Aurora, CO; Birmingham, AL; Boise, ID; Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; Dallas, TX; Dayton, OH; Durham, NC; Houston, TX; Kentucky (statewide); Long Beach, CA; Long Island, NY; Manchester, NH; Melbourne-Palm Bay, FL; Michigan (statewide) Milwaukee, WI; Morris County, NJ; Providence, RI; Richmond, VA; Rochester, MN; Salt Lake City, UT; Savannah, GA; Seattle, WA; Twin cities and St. Cloud, MN; and Winona, MN.

For more information about When Work Works or the Alfred P. Sloan Awards, please contact Tyler Wigton at (212) 465-2044 x 224 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or Kelly Sakai at (212) 465-2044 x 211, and visit www.whenworkworks.org.