Three Illinois Based Companies Named AARP Best Employer for Workers over 50; Awards Dinner and National Conference to be Held in Chicago.CHICAGO -- If today's employers expect to recruit and retain a skilled and experienced workforce, they should pay attention to companies who are ahead of the curve in providing exemplary policies and practices for a mature workforce. This year, AARP AARP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan national organization dedicated to "enriching the experience of aging"; membership is open to people age 50 or older. Founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus as American Association of Retired Persons, AARP now has over 30 million will recognize 50 employers as the 2005 Best Employers for Workers over 50. They offer some of the best policies and practices like phased retirement, generous 401(k) company contributions, flextime flextime, system of assigning hours for work that permits employees to choose, within specified limits, the hours that they will be at their place of employment. In many companies, there is a "core time" when all employees must be present each workday. , job sharing job sharing Noun an arrangement by which a job is shared by two part-time workers job sharing job n → Jobsharing nt, Arbeitsplatzteilung f , telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. and compressed schedules. AARP will host an awards dinner in Chicago to recognize Best Employer for Workers over 50 on September 22 at the Drake Hotel The following hotels are named the Drake Hotel:
Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. boasts of three employers who were named to this prestigious list: for a third consecutive year Deere & Company based in Moline, IL; for a second year in a row Centegra Health System based in Woodstock, IL and also for a second year Zurich North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. Commercial based in Schaumburg, IL. Examples of Illinois employer best policies and practices include: Centegra Health System's unique Alumni Nurse program that utilizes retired nurses to fill shortages in the healthcare workforce and Zurich's program for employees who are eligible to retire can choose to collect their retirement and continue to consult with the company on a part time or full time basis. "This year's Best Employers set high standards for practices toward older workers at a time when the value of these employees is often underestimated," Ralph Yaniz, State Director for AARP Illinois. "It is in their self-interest, as well as enlightened policy, to emphasize retention and recruitment of the 50 plus worker as America's workforce ages in the years ahead." Many of the honorees excelled in several categories scrutinized by the panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
adj. 1. Recurring regularly or frequently: the continual need to pay the mortgage. 2. exploring innovative ways to utilize the talents and skills of our mature workforce." On September 23, the day following the Best Employers Dinner, AARP, Mercer mer·cer n. Chiefly British A dealer in textiles, especially silks. [Middle English, from Old French mercier, trader, from merz, merchandise, from Latin merx and the Financial Times will sponsor "Business Solutions for an Aging Society" conference focusing on the best practices employers should adopt for an aging workforce. For more information on the conference visit www.aarp.org/businesssolution. AARP, now in the fifth year of recognizing Best Employers is releasing highlights from research conducted over the past 5 years about mature worker, including top five concerns of employers about older workers and the top five realities known by ahead of the curve employers; top five reasons many 50 plus workers won't retire; top five advantages of older workers; and the top five states where the most Best Employers have been based. (Charts are included.) AARP has a new award category, named after former AARP Executive Director Bernard E. Nash for Innovation recognizes three employers with exemplary practices in recruitment, flexible work opportunities and rehiring of retirees. They are: First Horizon National Corporation (flexible work options); Pepco Holdings Inc. (retiree work opportunities); and Carondelet Health Network (recruitment). AARP invites employers to apply for AARP's Best Employer award by submitting an application describing their practices and policies toward older workers. A consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a provides a preliminary rating of the applicants, then a panel of nine expert judges evaluates the applications, and their rankings, along with the consultant's evaluations, lead to the final ratings This year 145 applications were received and the complete list of 50 awardees follows this release. AARP is a nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , nonpartisan non·par·ti·san adj. Based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of no single political party: a nonpartisan commission; nonpartisan opinions. membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. We produce AARP The Magazine, published bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. ; AARP Bulletin, our monthly newspaper; AARP Segunda Juventud, our bimonthly magazine in Spanish and English; NRTA NRTA Nantucket Regional Transit Authority (Massachusetts) NRTA National Retired Teachers Association NRTA National Retail Tenants Association NRTA Naval Recruiting and Training Agency (UK MoD) Live & Learn, our quarterly newsletter for 50 + educators; and our website, www.aarp.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment em·pow·er tr.v. em·pow·ered, em·pow·er·ing, em·pow·ers 1. To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority. See Synonyms at authorize. 2. to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , and the U.S. Virgin Islands
2005 AARP BEST EMPLOYERS FOR WORKERS OVER 50
1 Stanley Consultants, Inc. (Muscatine, IA)
2 Scripps Health (San Diego, CA)
3 Bon Secours Richmond Health System (Richmond, VA)
4 Deere & Company (Moline, IL)
5 Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
7 First Horizon National Corporation (Memphis, TN)
8 Brevard Public Schools (Viera, FL)
9 Yale-New Haven Hospital (New Haven, CT)
10 Lee Memorial Health System (Fort Myers, FL)
11 Mercy Health System (Janesville, WI)
12 The Principal Financial Group (Des Moine, IA)
13 SSM Health Care (St. Louis, MO)
14 Lincoln Financial Group (Philadelphia, PA)
15 Beaumont Hospitals (Southfield, MI)
16 Loudoun Healthcare, Inc. (Leesburg, VA)
17 Pepco Holdings, Inc. (Washington, DC)
18 Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
19 Saint Barnabas Health Care System (West Orange, NJ)
20 The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, CA)
21 Kelly Services, Inc. (Troy, MI)
22 Oakwood Healthcare System Inc. (Dearborn, MI)
23 Michelin North America (Greenville, SC)
24 Centegra Health System (Woodstock, IL)
25 Cinergy Corp. (Cincinnati, OH)
26 Scottsdale Healthcare (Scottsdale, AZ)
27 The YMCA of Greater Rochester (Rochester, NY)
28 University of Colorado Hospital Authority (Denver, CO)
29 Cabell Huntington Hospital (Huntington, WV)
30 Pitney Bowes, Inc. (Stamford, CT)
31 Carondelet Health Network (Tucson, AZ)
32 Securian Financial Group, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
33 Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Nutley, NJ)
34 NASD (Rockville, MD)
35 Inova Health System (Falls Church, VA)
36 Whirlpool Corporation (Benton Harbor, MI)
37 St. Mary's Medical Center (Huntington, WV)
38 Mitretek Systems (Falls Church, VA)
39 Volkswagen of America, Inc. (Auburn Hills, MI)
40 Pinnacol Assurance (Denver, CO)
41 Busch Entertainment Corporation (Clayton, MO)
42 Zurich North America (Schaumburg, IL)
43 West Virginia University Hospitals (Morgantown, WV)
44 SAS (Cary, NC)
45 Ochsner Clinic Foundation (New Orleans, LA)
46 Girl Scouts, San Diego -
Imperial Council, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
47 University Physicians Healthcare (Tucson, AZ)
48 University of Texas M. D.
Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
49 Henry Ford Health System (Detroit, MI)
50 The Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc. (Hartford, CT)
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