Media Contacts: Deena Siddiqi
The Center for American and International Law
(972) 244-3419
Kelly Sakai
Families and Work Institute
(212) 465-2044 x211
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW RECOGNIZED FOR EXEMPLARY WORKPLACE PRACTICES
Receives prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award
for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
Plano,TX (AUG 23, 2011) – The Center for American and International Law has been honored with the 2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for its use of flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase business and employee success.
“We pride ourselves for putting the needs of our employees first and being able to provide flexible options in the workplace” said Michael Marchand, President of The Center.
Workplace flexibility—such as flextime, part-time work and compressed work weeks—helps businesses remain competitive while also benefiting employees as well.
“Our research consistently finds that employees in effective and flexible workplaces have greater engagement on the job and greater desire to stay with their organization. In addition, they report lower stress levels and better overall health,” states Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute (FWI), a research think tank on workforce and workplace trends that administers the awards.
The Sloan Awards are unique for their rigorous, two-step selection process, which involves an evaluation of employers’ flexibility programs and practices, and a confidential employee survey. All applicants are measured against national norms from FWI’s National Study of Employers.
“As a recipient of the 2011 Sloan Award, The Center for American and International Law ranks in the top 20% of employers nationally in terms of its programs, policies and culture for creating an effective and flexible workplace,” states Galinsky. “In addition, what makes this honor so special is that their employees have corroborated this, affirming that it is indeed an effective and flexible workplace.”
The Center will be recognized as a 2011 Sloan Award recipient at an upcoming event hosted by the Greater Dallas Regional Chamber. For details, please contact Deena Siddiqi via email at dsiddiqi@cailaw.org
When Work Works is a national project to educate the business community on the value of workplace flexibility by sharing research and promising practices, and conducting the annual Sloan Awards. It is an ongoing initiative of Families and Work Institute first funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. In 2011, the Society for Human Resource Management and FWI formed a ground-breaking, multi-year partnership to grow When Work Works and help businesses become more successful by transforming the way they view and adopt effective and flexible workplaces.
For more information about the When Work Works project and the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility, visit www.whenworkworks.org.
The Center, formerly The Southwestern Legal Foundation, is a nonprofit institution dedicated to the continuing education of lawyers and law enforcement officials in the United States and throughout the world. The Center, founded in 1947, includes seven institutes.
Tens of thousands of lawyers and law enforcement officers from all 50 states and 128 countries have participated in its programs since The Center was founded in 1947.
The Center for American and International Law is located at 5201 Democracy Drive at Legacy Park in Plano, Texas. For directions to The Center, please visit online at www.cailaw.org, or call 972-244-3400.
ABOUT WHEN WORK WORKS
When Work Works is a leading national initiative to help businesses of all sizes and types become more successful by transforming the way they view and adopt effective and flexible workplaces. When Work Works is one of the foremost providers of rigorous research and employer best practices on workplace effectiveness and flexibility in the nation, and administers the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility annually, which recognizes exemplary employers for using flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase business and employee success. www.whenworkworks.org @FWInews
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