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LSHRM and GLI recognize 11 in Louisville with flexible workplace awards

Greater Louisville Employers Honored for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness

Louisville, KY (August 21, 2012) – Greater Louisville Inc. and the Louisville Society for Human Resource Management (LSHRM) announced today the Greater Louisville winners of the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Excellence in Workplace and Flexibility due to their exemplary flexible workplace practices.

Given by the Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management, the Sloan Awards recognize employers that have distinguished themselves in Greater Louisville and across the country. Winners are identified through a rigorous selection process, which involves an evaluation of employers’ flexibility programs and practices, from telecommuting to job sharing to phased retirement programs, and via a confidential employee survey.

GLI and LSHRM are the official hosts of the awards in Greater Louisville.

“We are very pleased to be involved with the Sloan Awards and have the opportunity to commend businesses innovating to meet the needs of their employees,” said Tracee Troutt, Interim CEO of Greater Louisville Inc. “Flexible and adaptive workplaces, like these eleven recipients, breed a culture of success worthy of recognition.”

The Greater Louisville recipients of the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Award are:
• Deloitte
• Frankfort Regional Medical Center
• Harding, Shymanski and Co. P.S.C.
• Ingrid Design LLC
• KiZAN
• McCauley Nicolas, CPAs & Advisors
• Mediaura
• Prestige Healthcare
• Strothman & Company
• The Oliver Group
• Valassis Inc.

An initiative of Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility are part of When Work Works, a national project to educate the business community on the value of workplace effectiveness and flexibility.

Award winners will be featured in the next edition of the Guide to Bold New Ideas for Making Work Work. Information about innovative workplace practices will also be showcased at a national work-life conference and be included in business education programming by FWI and SHRM.

For more information about the When Work Works project and the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility, contact Kelly Sakai at (212) 465-2044 ext. 211or [email protected] or, visit www.whenworkworks.org.

Greater Louisville Inc. is the Louisville Metro chamber of commerce, dedicated to connecting and growing businesses. We lead economic development for the region, driving job creation and entrepreneurship. GLI is committed to transforming our community by improving the region’s quality of life, advocating for a pro-business environment and developing a talented workforce.

Celebrating 70 years as an HR Professional Organization! LSHRM is committed to excellence in the practice of human resource management and is Kentucky’s largest professional human resources organization with approximately 500 members; LSHRM is also affiliated with a local student chapter. The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), representing more than 250,000 individual members, is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management and is located in over 120 countries with a network of more than 575 affiliated chapters in the United States. LSHRM became the 73rd chartered SHRM chapter on November 8, 1965, and has received the SHRM Merit Award over 20 times.

When Work Works is a national initiative, led by the partnership of Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), to help businesses of all sizes and types become more successful by transforming the way they view and adopt effective and flexible workplaces. When Work Works is one of the foremost providers of resources, rigorous research and best practices on workplace effectiveness and flexibility in the nation. The initiative administers the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility annually, which recognize exemplary employers for using flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase business and employee success. Visit www.whenworkworks.org and follow us on Twitter @FWINews and @SHRM.