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Is Work Good for Your Health?
By Holly Rice and Christine Ferrell
Employers throughout North Carolina are making health and wellness a priority. Workers who are both physically and mentally fit are more productive, and everyone knows less stress leads to higher job satisfaction and better performance.
Here are ways some of Carolina Parenting’s N.C. Family-Friendly 50 firms are promoting healthy lifestyles.
Covering the Basics
In today’s environment of rising health-care costs, nobody can take health-insurance coverage for granted. Many companies are skimping on health-care coverage for employees and their families, but some are shouldering the costs of nearly all health-insurance expenses for employers and their families, and that’s worth applauding... read more
(Listed alphabetically, not by rank)
| Alston & Bird LLP |
Ernst & Young |
RED F Marketing |
| American Express |
Expedite Group |
REI |
| Ameritrust Mortgage |
Gaston County Family YMCA |
Replacements Ltd. |
| Angus Barn, LTD |
Grant Thorton LLP |
Rex Healthcare |
| ArystaLifeScience North America |
High Point Regional Health Systems |
Rho Inc. |
| Bank of America |
IBM |
RTI, International |
| BDO Seidman |
Integrated Laboratory System |
SAS Institute |
| Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina |
Kindermusik International |
Senn Dunn Insurance |
| Capitol Broadcasting Co. |
KPMG LLP |
The Steel Network Inc. |
| Carolinas Healthcare System |
L&E Research, Inc. |
The Women's Center |
| Carolinas Medical Center - Union |
Lyerly Agency, Inc. |
TIAA CREF |
| Child Care Services Association |
Nationwide Insurance |
Time Warner Cable Carolina |
| Cisco |
Novant Health |
UNC Health |
| Crosland LLC |
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical |
United Guaranty Corporation |
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Deuterman Law Group |
Progress Energy, Inc. |
US EPA |
| Duke Energy Corp. |
Providence Day School |
VIETRI, Inc. |
| Duke University and Health System |
Qualcom Inc |
WakeMed Health & Hospitals |
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To learn more about the winners and what benefits they offer, click here or pick up a copy of our September issue.
This is the twelfth year Carolina Parenting Inc. has honored the top family-friendly N.C. companies. Applications began with a simple nomination form. Nominated companies were then contacted by Carolina Parenting and asked to answer a question and complete a benefits survey. All the data is reviewed by a committee from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. To nominate a company for the 2010 list, click here. |