COMPUTER ASSOCIATES RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE; U.S. National Council of Women Cites CA For Family-Friendly Policies and Benefits.ISLANDIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 1996--Computer Associates International, Inc. has received the prestigious 1996 Corporate Award for the Advancement of Women by the National Council of Women of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. (NCW/US NCW/US National Council of Women of the United States ). CA is one of only 11 companies cited for its progressive employee benefits and policies supporting women with family responsibilities. This year's award focuses on Women with Two Lives: Workplace and Family. CA was the only technology company to be honored by the NCW/US. A distinguished panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . "Computer Associates is proud to be recognized for its family-friendly work environment that helps employees achieve a balance in their personal and professional lives," said Lisa Mars, senior vice president. "Through our innovative human resource policies, CA employees are given every opportunity to excel in the workplace." CA was cited for such progressive on-site resources as a Montessori-based child development and state-of-the art fitness centers. The child development centers, heavily subsidized by CA, are geared for children from six weeks to five-years-old. Parent-child functions are held throughout the year and daily reports are given to parents on the child's activities and accomplishments. Late-working parents are accommodated at no additional cost. CA also subsidizes summer camp programs, which are free to the children of employees who volunteer for counselor duty during their summer vacation Summer vacation (also called summer holidays or summer break) is a vacation in the summertime between school years in which students are off for 3 months, depending on the country and district. . CA's fitness centers are fully equipped with exercise and weight rooms and recreational facilities including racquetball racquetball, sport played indoors by two or four players, combining elements of court handball and such racket games as squash racquets. It is played on a standard handball court 40 ft (12.2 m) long, 20 ft (6. and tennis courts, a jogging track, baseball field, and indoor/outdoor basketball courts. The company offers various aerobics, yoga and jujitsu jujitsu or jujutsu: see judo; martial arts. jujitsu Martial art that employs holds, throws, and paralyzing blows to subdue or disable an opponent. It evolved among the samurai warrior class in Japan from about the 17th century. classes. Exercise physiologists conduct personalized training evaluations to design individual workout programs for employees. CA also provides free breakfasts daily for all employees featuring a wide variety of healthy items. In addition, all CA offices world-wide are smoke-free. Additional company benefits include a generous 401K profit sharing/retirement plan with discretionary contributions, incentive stock options, flexible expense (CAFE) plan for health and dependent care, employee assistance programs, and free health and dental care for spouses, children, stepchildren and domestic partners. "We congratulate Computer Associates for such family-friendly policies and benefits," said Vera P. Rivers, NCW/US president. "CA is especially commended for recognizing the importance of policies that enhance productivity." The NCW/US, a non-partisan, non-sectarian coalition of women's organizations This is a list of women's organisations. International
abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization (non-governmental organization “NGO” redirects here. For other uses, see NGO (disambiguation). A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by private persons or organizations with no participation or representation of any government. ) status at the United Nations and is an affiliate of the International Council of Women. The NCW/US award is the most recent that CA has received for its progressive work environment. Last year, CA ranked second in ComputerWorld's annual 100 Best Places To Work survey, which queried IS professionals from 850 companies across 15 industry segments. Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CA), with headquarters in Islandia, N.Y., is the world leader in mission-critical business software. The company develops, licenses and supports more than 500 integrated products that include systems and database management, application development, manufacturing and financial applications. CA has 9,000 people in 130 offices in 36 countries and had revenue of $3.2 billion in calendar year 1995. CA can be reached by visiting http://www.cai.com on the World Wide Web or emailing info@cai.com. All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Computer Associates International Inc., Islandia Liz Campiglia, 516/342-2119 or e-mail, lizc@cai.com |
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