Chamber Wins Workplace Flexibility Award
May 27, 2011
CHARLESTON, SC – May 27, 2011 – For the third year, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce was honored with the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.
Nine other organizations from the Charleston region were also selected as finalists for the award and recognized at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting May 25. Thirteen businesses applied through the When Work Works program, a nation-wide initiative on effective and flexible workplaces.
This award recognizes exemplary employers for their innovative workplace effectiveness and flexibility programs and practices. Using a rigorous scoring methodology that includes employees’ views as well as employer practices, the Alfred P. Sloan Awards honor organizations and worksites that are using workplace flexibility as a strategy to increase workplace effectiveness, yield positive business results and to help employees succeed. To be eligible, employers must have a worksite in Charleston, a minimum of ten employees and in operation for at least one year.
Finalists include:
- Barling Bay, LLC
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce
- Community Management Group
Honorable Mention:
- KFR Services, Inc.
- Levelwing
- MMP School, Inc
- Scientific Research Corporation
- Telogical Systems
- Thomas & Hutton
For the past four years, Charleston has been selected to participate in When Work Works which is designed to share research and best practices on what makes work “work” in the 21st Century. Leadership in the Charleston region for When Work Works was designated to the Business Development Division at the Chamber.
When Work Works
When Work Works is an ongoing program led by the Families and Work Institute, the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Twiga Foundation. For more information visit www.whenworkworks.org.
