Ulteig Recognized as Top 5 Company in Adoption-Friendly Policies
May 19, 2009
Ulteig has been recognized by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption for being one of the top five Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in the architecture, engineering and construction industry.
Today, more than 150,000 foster care children are available for adoption in North America – 129,000 of them in the United States. Most will spend nearly four years in the system before they are adopted. The release of the third annual Best Adoption-Friendly Workplace List helps the Foundation increase foster care adoption awareness while celebrating those businesses that support adoptive families.
“The adoption program is new at Ulteig and we continue to focus efforts at improving the process,” says Ulteig Vice President of Human Resources Shelly Gompf. “We look forward to alliances with local and regional agencies to assist us in helping our employees have the information to make the adoption commitment.”
Rankings for the Best Adoption Friendly Workplace list are determined by an analysis of a company’s adoption benefits – financial reimbursement and paid leave – available to employees who adopt. The Foundation compiled the results from survey data collected from 753 U.S. employers. Employee Benefit News, a SourceMedia publication that is the leading source of information for benefits decision makers, helped extend the survey’s scope even further by inviting readers to participate. Wendy’s International, Inc. in Dublin, Ohio, earned the top spot with a maximum of $24,300 in financial assistance and to up to six weeks paid leave.
In addition to ranking the top 100, the Foundation also recognized the top ten by size, the leaders of each industry, and companies who support the cause of adoption and adoptive families in other ways. The complete Adoption-Friendly Workplace list is posted at visit www.adoptionfriendlyworkplace.org.