21 Area Employers Receive Alfred P. Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility

Awards recognize employers with effective and flexible workplaces

Louisville, KY (8/19/09) – Twenty-one area employers were selected to receive the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. The awards recognize exemplary employers that are using flexibility as a talent management tool to enhance workplace effectiveness and contribute to employee success.

Metro Louisville was selected as one of only 30 communities nationwide to participate in When Work Works, an ongoing initiative to highlight the importance of workplace effectiveness and workplace flexibility. The When Work Works initiative is a national research-based project highlighting various workplace strategies from the Families and Work Institute in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce and the Twiga Foundation.

Organizations of all types and sizes across the Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana region applied for the award. Applicants and winners of the Alfred P. Sloan Awards were benchmarked against other national employers regarding their implementation of effective workplace flexibility practices.

“The Alfred P. Sloan Awards recognize employers that manage effective and flexible workplaces,” said Eileen Pickett, Greater Louisville Inc.’s Senior Vice President of Community and Economic Development. “Flexible workplaces are more likely to have employees that are engaged in their jobs and committed to helping their company succeed,” she said.

This year’s 21 award winners and those receiving honorable mentions are listed below. The employers will be given awards and recognized by local nationally officials as well as experts on workplace flexibility.

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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

DMLO Certified Public Accountants

Ernst & Young

Greater Louisville Inc.

Harding Shymanski & Company, PSC

KiZAN Technologies LLC

Louis T. Roth & Co. PLLC

Louisville Magazine

Lyndon Fire Protections District

McCauley, Nicolas & Company, LLC, CPAs

Mission Data, LLC