| Local Businesses Recognized for Workplace Flexibility and Effectiveness |
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(Spokane, Wash.) - Eight local companies have been named winners of the 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. This award distinguishes them as leading practitioners of workplace flexibility in the Spokane region and across the nation.
Receiving the awards are: BDO Seidman, LLP; Desautel Hege Communications; Humanix Staffing and Recruiting; Inland Northwest Health Services (INHS); Principal Financial Group; Quisenberry Marketing & Design; Spokane Occupational and Hand Therapy; and St. Lukes Rehabilitation Institute. Humanix Staffing and Recruiting and INHS were also 2008 Sloan Award winners. The prestigious Sloan Awards honor organizations of all sizes and all types that are using workplace flexibility as a strategy to increase workplace effectiveness and yield positive business results. The Sloan Awards recognize organizations that are dedicated to making work "work" for both the employer and the 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 were 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, and then corroborating the employer responses through a survey of employees. Spokane is one of 30 select communities nationwide chosen to host and participate in the When Work Works initiative. Other communities participating 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. |