Best companies for hourly workers
Do you ever wonder which companies treat their hourly workers best? Working Mother magazine has the answer--the publication has put together their second annual Best Companies for Hourly Workers list, and some of the answers may surprise you. (
See the full list here)
"For a company to be considered, they have to have 500 employees in the U.S. and 50 percent of those employees have to be hourly," says Jennifer Owens, director of the magazine's Working Mother Research Institute. Those on the list provide family-friendly benefits that promote health and wellness, education, flexibility and work-life balance. Here they are in alphabetical order.
--Jenniffer Weigel, Tribune Newspapers
"For a company to be considered, they have to have 500 employees in the U.S. and 50 percent of those employees have to be hourly," says Jennifer Owens, director of the magazine's Working Mother Research Institute. Those on the list provide family-friendly benefits that promote health and wellness, education, flexibility and work-life balance. Here they are in alphabetical order.
--Jenniffer Weigel, Tribune Newspapers
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Best Buy, Richfield, Minn.
Percentage of workers paid by the hour: 94
"They offer annual tuition aid of up to $3,500 for those who work 32 hours a week, and if you're in grad school you can get up to $5,250," says Owens. (Above: A Best Buy employee looks at the Microsoft Zune at a Best Buy store in Marin City, Calif. in 2006.) |
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