Working Mother 100 Best Companies Paid Family Leave Report

Working Mother 100 Best Companies

Paid Family Leave Report

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30 YEARS OF 100 BEST COMPANIES

workingmother.com/wmri • 3Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies

The Working Mother Best Companies list began in 1986 with 30 companies, when the fastest growing segment in the American workforce was women—especially working mothers.

Since then, the initiative has changed the way the country thinks about working moms, who are no longer a novelty in the office. Benefits and policies that make life easier for women with kids at home are the same ones that help dads, people caring for elderly relatives, people with volunteer commitments and anyone with a time-intensive hobby to maintain a vibrant career while pursuing their personal interests.

The original Best Companies list focused on a number of areas, including:

• Compensation

• Opportunities for advancement

• Parent-friendly benefits, including maternity leave, flexibility, child care and job sharing

The Working Mother Best Companies application now includes 500 questions focusing on all areas of work life, including benefits, flexibility, parental leave, advancement and child care.

Pinnacle AwardIBM and Johnson & Johnson are the only companies to have earned a place on the list all 30 years.

30 Years of Best Companies


The Working Mother Research Institute collects data on the workforces and policies of the winning companies in order to:

• Reveal how the Best Companies lead in the areas of representation, benefits, advancement, child care, flexible work arrangements, parental leave and company culture.

• Create a benchmark of progressive policies and programs that make organizations succeed.

• Raise awareness of the issues working mothers and all employees face in the workplace and encourage the development of programs to address those issues.

• Promote the interests of working mothers in corporate America by honoring companies that successfully help employees integrate home and work.

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The 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies

A.T. Kearney

Abbott TOP 10

AbbVie

Accenture

ADP

The Advisory Board Company

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

Allstate Insurance

American Express

AOL

Arnold & Porter

Astellas Pharma US

AstraZeneca

Avon Products

Bain & Co.

Bank of America

Baptist Health South Florida

Barclays

BDO USA

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Boehringer Ingelheim USA

Bon Secours Virginia Health System

Booz Allen Hamilton

The Boston Consulting Group

Bristol-Myers Squibb

CA Technologies

Capital One Financial

Cardinal Health

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Citi

Colgate-Palmolive

Credit Suisse

Deloitte TOP 10

Diageo North America

Discovery Communications

The Dow Chemical Company

Dow Corning Corporation

DuPont

Eli Lilly and Company

EY TOP 10

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner

FINRA

First Horizon National

Freddie Mac

GE

Genentech

General Mills TOP 10

Goldman Sachs

Grant Thornton

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ

HP

IBM TOP 10

Intel

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan Chase

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Kellogg

KPMG TOP 10

LEGO Systems

L’Oréal USA

March of Dimes Foundation

MassMutual Financial Group

MasterCard

McGladrey

McKinsey & Co. TOP 10

Merck

MetLife

Moffitt Cancer Center

Morgan Stanley

Moss Adams

New York Life

Northern Trust

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.

Ogilvy & Mather

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

The PNC Financial Services Group

Principal Financial Group

PwC TOP 10

Procter & Gamble

Prudential Financial

Qualcomm

Roche Diagnostics

Ryan

SC Johnson

Scripps Health

State Street

Takeda Pharmaceuticals

TIAA-CREF

TriHealth

Turner Broadcasting System

UBS

Unilever

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

Verizon

Viacom

WellStar Health System TOP 10

Yale University

Zoetis TOP 10

Zurich North America


Paid Maternity Leave

workingmother.com/wmri • 7Source: 1987, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies

THEN: Only 5 of 30 Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave, ranging from 1 week to 8 weeks. None report offering paid leave for new dads or adoptive parents.

NOW: : All Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave to full-time employees, while a majority offer paid paternity and paid adoption leave.

30 Years of Paid Maternity Leave at the Best Companies

workingmother.com/wmri • 8Source: 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2014 National Study of Employers, Family and Work Institute

While all Best Companies offer fully paid maternity leave to full-time employees, only 5 percent of the nation’s employers do, according to the 2014 National Study of Employers, by the Family and Work Institute.

Best vs. Rest: Paid Parental Leave

Nationwide 100 Best Companies

PERCENTAGE OF EMPLOYERS OFFERING FULLY PAID MATERNITY LEAVE

100%

5%

workingmother.com/wmri • 9Source: 2008–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies

On average, the Best Companies offer 8 weeks of fully paid maternity leave.

The average number of weeks of partially paid maternity leave at the Best Companies holds steady at 6 weeks.

Year Over Year: Maternity Leave Offered

PAID MATERNITY LEAVE OFFERED AT BEST COMPANIES

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave

7 79

7 7 78 8

6 6

2014 20152008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20152008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

3 34

5 5 5

Average weeks of partially paid maternity leave

Law firm Arnold & Porter offers the most weeks of fully

paid maternity leave of any Best Company,

with 18.


On average, full-time exempt employees at the Best Companies who give birth take 9 weeks of fully paid maternity leave.

New moms at the Best Companies take an average of 5 partially paid weeks of maternity leave.

Year Over Year: Maternity Leave Taken

Source: 2011–2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave taken by full-time

exempt mothers

98 88 8

2014 20152011 2012 2013 2014 20152011 2012 2013

4 45 5 5

Average weeks of partially paid maternity leave taken by full-time

exempt mothers

PAID MATERNITY LEAVE TAKEN AT BEST COMPANIES


On average, the Best Companies offer 10 weeks of job-guaranteed leave beyond what the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requires.

Year Over Year: Job-Guaranteed Leave

AVERAGE WEEKS OF JOB-GUARANTEED

MATERNITY LEAVE (BEYOND WHAT FMLA REQUIRES) OFFERED TO FULL-TIME

EXEMPT MOTHERS

17

1112

14

1110

2014 20152010 2011 2012 2013


“ When I found out that I was pregnant, I had only been employed at Finnegan for four months. I was nervous about asking for maternity leave right around my first anniversary with the firm, but I shouldn’t have been worried at all! The firm was incredibly supportive throughout my pregnancy. I was able to arrange my schedule to accommodate doctor appointments and work from home when I was too uncomfortable to bear the Metro in the heat of the D.C. summer.

“ Once my son was born, I took full advantage of the firm’s generous maternity leave policy. I came back to work a week early and have been able to use the last few days of leave to give me some flexibility as I transition into my new role as a working mom.”

— STEPHANIE SANDERS , J .D. , INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING MANAGER, F INNEGAN HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, A 2015 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANY

What Paid Leave Means to Moms

Finnegan offers 13 weeks

of fully paid maternity leave,

on average.


“ Before my leave started, I worked with my manager to plan my leave and work backup so it would be a smooth transition for both me and my team. I had also informed them in advance that I would take another break after returning. I returned from maternity leave after 12 weeks. I joined full time and jumped right in. My team covered my work while I was out and helped me get back up to speed with everything. A few months after my return, I took 5 weeks off to take my son to visit family in India and spend some time helping him adjust to our nanny. I appreciated having the flexibility to split my leave to do this.”

— SHUCHI BHALLA , SYSTEMS ANALYST, SENIOR, QUALCOMM, A 2015 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANY


Qualcomm offers 6 weeks

of fully paid maternity leave,

on average.


“ I have taken maternity leave both as an associate and as a partner. I have found the firm and my colleagues to be incredibly supportive of my time away from the office. The generous leave policies have allowed me the flexibility to be both a great mom and to be successful in my career.”

— BRIDGET WEISS , PARTNER, ARNOLD & PORTER, A 2015 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANY


Arnold & Porter

offers an average of 18 weeks of fully

paid maternity leave.


Paid Paternity Leave


THEN: Three decades ago no Best Companies report offering paid leave for new dads.

NOW: A majority of Best Companies offer paid paternity leave.

30 Years of Paid Paternity Leave at the Best Companies

workingmother.com/wmri • 17Source: 2012, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2012 and 2015 benefits surveys of Society for Human Resource Management members

The past four years have seen a steady increase in the number of Best Companies offering paid paternity leave, while, nationwide, the rate has increased only slightly.

Best vs. Rest: Paid Paternity Leave


PERCENTAGE OF COMPANIES OFFERING PAID PATERNITY LEAVE

17%

90%

16%

78%

20122012 20152015


Best Companies, on average, continue to offer 3 weeks of paid paternity leave and 10 weeks of job guaranteed leave to dads beyond what FMLA requires.

Year Over Year: Paternity Leave Offered

16

9

1214

810

2014 20152010 2011 2012 2013

AVERAGE WEEKS OF FULLY PAID LEAVE OFFERED TO NEW DADS AT BEST COMPANIES

AVERAGE WEEKS OF JOB-GUARANTEED PATERNITY LEAVE (BEYOND WHAT FMLA REQUIRES) OFFERED TO FULL-TIME EXEMPT

FATHERS AT BEST COMPANIES

2

2014 20152008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

33 333 33

FINRA offers an average of 13 weeks of fully paid leave to

new dads.


At the Best Companies, on average, men take 2 weeks of paid paternity leave.

Year Over Year: Paternity Leave Taken

AVERAGE WEEKS OF FULLY-PAID PATERNITY LEAVE TAKEN BY FULL-TIME EXEMPT FATHERS

2 22 2 2

2014 20152011 2012 2013


“ This is such a great benefit for dads, because too often Mom is the only one at home bonding with baby while she is out on Maternity Leave. By offering Paternity Leave the LEGO Group truly shows that it is a family-oriented company. After doing some research I found that I was eligible to stay home for a maximum of one month. During that first month of life, I was able to form a great bond with our daughter. With a wife who was recouping from giving birth and a newborn, I could help take care of our little one while Mom needed to rest and was the ever ready second set of hands. Being able to stay home made everything that much easier.

“ One of my biggest responsibilities during the month was being the chauffeur to and from the doctor’s appointments and also being in charge of preparing most of the meals.”

— CHRISTOPHER WRONA , ANALYST IN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, LEGO GROUP, A 2015 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANY

What Paid Leave Means to Dads

LEGO Group offers 2 weeks of

fully paid paternity leave, on average.


“ I had a son born in December 2013 and took paternity leave in 2014. I felt very fortunate to have a paid paternity leave benefit and to work in a culture that supported taking the time. I’ve found this benefit is rather uncommon for dads in the U.S. and even when the benefit exists, there is still often a taboo about men using it. The time I got to spend with my newborn son was wonderful. The first year truly does go by fast and I’m happy I had extra time to enjoy it.”

— ROBERT GOETSCH , ASSOCIATE MANAGER, PROCUREMENT, SC JOHNSON, A 2015 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANY

What Paid Leave Means to Dads

SC Johnson offers 2 weeks of

fully paid paternity leave, on average.


“ My husband used paid parental leave when our son Parker was born. We were grateful to have the time for him to bond with our son and to help me while I was healing from a C-section. Being able to take paid leave versus using paid time off (PTO) is awesome. We can use PTO for other reasons—medical, vacation, etc. And we didn’t have to worry about using up PTO or taking leave without pay. It’s a great benefit for fathers and mothers.”

—JULIE RAVELING , IT SYSTEM ANALYST-LEAD, THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP, A 2015 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANY

What Paid Paternity Leave Means to Moms

The Principal Financial Group

offers 2 weeks of fully paid paternity leave,

on average.


Paid Adoption Leave


THEN: Three decades ago, no Best Companies report offering paid leave for adoptive parents.

NOW: A majority of Best Companies offer paid adoption leave.

30 Years of Adoption Leave at the Best Companies

workingmother.com/wmri • 25Source: 2012, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2012 and 2015 benefits surveys of Society for Human Resource Management members

The past four years have seen a steady increase in the number of Best Companies offering paid adoption leave; nationwide, this figure has held steady.

Best vs. Rest: Paid Adoption Leave


PERCENTAGE OF COMPANIES OFFERING PAID ADOPTION LEAVE

17%17%

93%

81%

20122012 20152015


Best Companies, on average, continue to offer 5 weeks of paid adoption leave for caregivers.

Year Over Year: Adoption Leave Offered

1513

1113

1010

2014 20152010 2011 2012 2013

AVERAGE WEEKS OF PAID LEAVE OFFERED TO ADOPTIVE PARENTS AT THE BEST COMPANIES

AVERAGE WEEKS OF JOB-GUARANTEED ADOPTION

LEAVE OFFERED TO FULL-TIME EXEMPT EMPLOYEES AT THE

BEST COMPANIES

2014 20152008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Arnold & Porter offers an average of

18 weeks of paid leave to new adoptive

parents.

6 65 55 55 5


Employees at the Best Companies who adopt children take, on average, 5 weeks of paid adoption leave.

Year Over Year: Adoption Leave Taken

AVERAGE WEEKS OF FULLY PAID ADOPTION LEAVE TAKEN BY FULL-TIME EXEMPT EMPLOYEES

2014 20152011 2012 2013

Full-time exempt Arnold &

Porter employees who adopt children take, on

average, 18 weeks of paid leave.

455 5

4


“ When our adoption initially fell through, my manager understood the heartbreak this caused for my wife and me. She sent the two of us away on a long weekend that she funded and arranged for my meetings to be canceled. Weeks later, when we learned that our disappointment had turned into an approved adoption of twin infant girls, she allowed me the time away I needed to bond with our babies as a new dad. The support my wife and I received from my manager and Roche was truly amazing.”

— TODD SIESKY , ROCHE, A 2015 WORKING MOTHER 100 BEST COMPANY

What Paid Leave Means to Adoptive Parents

Roche offers 6 weeks of paid adoption leave.


Nationwide, the percentage of employers offering child care resource and referral services (9%), adoption assistance (7%), and lactation support services (5%), has shrunk since 2012. However, nearly all Best Companies support these programs for employee parents.

Best vs. Rest: Programs for Parents

Source: 2012, 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies; national numbers are based on the 2012 and 2015 benefits surveys of Society for Human Resource Management members

PERCENTAGE OF COMPANIES OFFERING PROGRAMS FOR PARENTS


On-site lactation room

100%

35%

100%

30%

2012 2015

Lactation support services

91%92%

6%

2012 2015

Adoption assistance

93%

7%

93%

9%

2012 2015

Child care resource and

referral services

96%

9%

93%

17%

2012 2015

Backup child care

89%86%

2012 2015

3% 3% 4%


Research Methodology

Each organization completed a detailed application covering programs and activities that benefit working mothers. The 2015 application included more than 500 questions in the following clusters:

• Paid Time Off and Leaves• Workforce Profile• Benefits• Women’s Issues and Advancement• Flexible Work • Company Culture and Work Life Programs

Completed applications for the 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies initiative were collected online from December 12, 2014, to March 13, 2015.

Winning companies were ranked on the data they provided in their applications.

Statistics in this report are based on the data from the 100 winning companies.

Winners are announced in the October/November 2015 issue of Working Mother magazine and online at www.workingmother.com/wmri.


From flexibility and child care to the recruitment, retention and advancement of women, the Working Mother Research Institute is dedicated to tracking

and promoting the best practices of today while creating strategies for tomorrow. WMRI’s goal is to give both working mothers and their employers the

information they need to make workplaces truly family friendly.

Learn more at workingmother.com/wmri


Contact Information

Jennifer Owens, Director [email protected]

Krista Carothers, Senior Research Editor [email protected]

Kristen Willoughby, Senior Manager, Editorial & Research Initiatives [email protected]

Michele Siegel, Director of Research Initiatives [email protected]

Tierney O’Brien, Custom Insights Analyst [email protected]

Learn more at workingmother.com/wmri

Documents

Working Mother 100 Best Companies Paid Family Leave Report