Minnesota Companies Honored for Work-Life Balance

Published Wednesday, January 30, 2008 in the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal.

By Natasha Orrick

The Minnesota Work-Life Champions Partnership on Thursday honored 19 local companies for implementing programs that allow employees to better balance their work and home life.

The awards were broken out based on company size.

Honorees include:

5 - 49 Employees Category

Outstanding Employer: Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Rochester

Minnesota Work-Life Champions: Health Service Innovations, St. Paul; Intertech, Eagan; Mahoney, Ulbrich, Christiansen & Russ, St. Paul; Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota, St. Paul; Working Family Resource Center, St. Paul

50 - 249 Employees Category

Outstanding Employer: Certes Financial Pros, St. Louis Park

Minnesota Work-Life Champions: Avicenna Technology, Inc., Montevideo; Windings, Inc., New Ulm

250 - 999 Employees Category

Outstanding Employer: Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis

Minnesota Work-Life Champions: Landscape Structures Inc., Delano; Marco Inc., St. Cloud; Resource, Minneapolis

1,000 - 2,999 Employees Category

Outstanding Employer: Weber Shandwick, Bloomington

Minnesota Work-Life Champions: Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis; MRM Worldwide, Minneapolis

3,000-plus Employees Category

Outstanding Employer: Deloitte & Touche, Minneapolis

Minnesota Work-Life Champions: Mayo Clinic, Rochester; Wells Fargo

Winners of the partnership's Innovative Initiative Award include: Certes Financial Pros, Dorsey & Whitney, Mayo Clinic and Windings. Work-Life Advocate Award certificates were presented to: Ameriprise Financial, Carlson, Karlsson Consulting Group, Inc., Residential Services of NE MN, Inc., Travelers, Virtelligence and Wacosa.

The Work-Life Partnership is comprised of local chambers of commerce, business and professional associations, foundations and nonprofit work-life advocacy organizations. The awards program was initiated by a grant from The McKnight Foundation and is managed by the Center for Ethical Business Cultures with assistance from Work and Family Connection Inc.

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