Deadline Extended to Enter "California's Best Places to Work".LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Employers Group The Employers Group is a nonprofit association of employers based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1893 as the Merchants Association, the organization's initial goal was to secure the open shop in all workplaces in the city. , the sponsor of the first statewide survey program to name "California's Best Places to Work," announced today that the deadline to participate has been extended from September 1st to September 17, 2007. The tally of employers entering the running continues to grow daily, and is close to 400 companies so far. "Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. is a time to honor workers all across America-and California employers are racing to honor their own," says Mark Wilbur, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Employers Group. "More and more businesses are angling to be named as a great place to work, so we extended the deadline to allow extra time for those who are just hearing about this program." Employers Group, the nation's oldest and largest human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. management association, launched the program in mid-July. "As our state's leading provider of HR research and counsel, we wanted to help the California market by championing companies that rate as a terrific place to work," adds Wilbur. The Employers Group research team is measuring 125 different criteria from all participating companies. Finalists will be determined by their scores from an assessment completed by each entrant, plus scores from an employee opinion survey. California's Best Places to Work August 30, 2007 - 2/2/2 The assessment dimensions include: * Work-Life Balance The expression work-life balance was first used in 1986 in the US (although had been used in the UK from the late 1970s by organisations such as New Ways to Work and the Working Mother's Association) to help explain the unhealthy life choices that many people were making; they were * Employee Voice & Workplace Culture * Community Involvement * Employee Turnover * Pay Practices * Benefits * Perks and Incentives * Training and Opportunity for Advancement * Diversity There will be a total of 40 top-ranked companies, with 10 winners each from these four company-size categories: Growing, Small, Medium and Large - and the winners will be representative of all major metro areas across the state. Finalists will be notified in mid-October, and the top companies statewide will be announced in December. An event to honor the winners will take place in January 2008. "After our success in 2006 with our "Best Places to Work" program in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , we received numerous requests from employers throughout the state to deliver a statewide comprehensive, statistically valid survey," says Juan Garcia Juan Garcia can refer to
"Being ranked last year as one of San Diego's best places to work helped raise our profile and recruit new employees to our team," says Althea Technologies' CEO Magda Marquet, a San Diego biotech company with more than 130 employees. "We're excited to participate this year in Employers Group's statewide 'Best Places to Work' program." Besides Althea Technologies, several other San Diego companies ranked high on the 2006 survey, including Amylin Pharmaceuticals Amylin Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company based in San Diego, CA, that was founded in 1987. Currently, Amylin produces two drugs, Symlin (pramlintide acetate) and Byetta (exenatide). Amylin also is working on producing a drug based on Leptin. , WalMart, and Proffer To offer or tender, as, the production of a document and offer of the same in evidence. proffer v. to offer evidence in a trial. Financial (now called Residential Pacific Mortgage). For registration information about the "California's Best Places to Work" by Employers Group visit www.employersgroup.com/cabest or call 213.765.3920. About Employers Group: The California's Best Places to Work program is directed by Employers Group, which has been serving the 'people' needs of California businesses for 111 years. Employers Group is the nation's largest employer sponsored association dedicated to human resources management. For more information please visit us at www.employersgroup.com. |
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