Each year the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption names the top 100 “Most Adoption-Friendly Workplaces” and the 2012 list was recently released. Each company on the list is ranked based on the adoption benefits that they provide to their employees, including paid time off after the adoption placement and maximum company reimbursement allowance per adoption.
This years top ten was:
1. The Wendy’s Company
Max Allowance: $25,300
Weeks of Paid Leave: 6
2. Ferring Pharmaceutricals
Max Allowance: $25,000
Weeks of Paid Leave: 5
3. RBS Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Max Allowance: $23,170
Weeks of Paid Leave: 1
4. Hanesbrands
Max Allowance: $20,000
Weeks of Paid Leave: 2
5. Barilla America, Inc.
Max Allowance: $16,000
Weeks of Paid Leave: 1
6. (tie) Liquidnet Holdings, Inc.
Max Allowance: $15,000
Weeks of Paid Leave: 2
6. (tie) LSI Corporation
Max Allowance: $15,000
Weeks of Paid Leave: 2
6. (tie) UBM (LLC, Medica, Cannon, Inc.)
Max Allowance: $15,000
Weeks of Paid Leave: 2
9. Boston Scientific
Max Allowance: $12,650
Weeks of Paid Leave: 6
10. (Tie) Bloomberg
Max Allowance: $12,650
Weeks of Paid Leave: 4
10. (Tie) Putnam Investments, LLC
Max Allowance: $12,650
Weeks of Paid Leave: 4
All of the above rankings and statistics were taken from the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption website. To view the full top 100 “Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces” countdown, please click here.
We’d love to hear what your place of employment offers for adoption benefits; please comment in the comment section. Does anyone work for a company in the top 100?