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AARP's Best Employers For Workers Over 50
November & December 2004
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The Rest of the Best†
These employers also impressed us with their age-friendly workplaces and
scored high in several of our ratings categories.
11. First Horizon National
Corporation, Memphis, TN
Financial Services
WOW FACTOR: Untaxed "flexible dollars" can be used to
subsidize retirement savings, health care, or eldercare.
12. Adecco Employment
Services, Melville, NY
Staffing and Human Resources
WOW FACTOR: Offers a variety of online and in-person training
programs for both permanent and temp workers.
13. Minnesota Life Insurance
Company, St. Paul, MN
Insurance, Investments, Retirement Services
WOW FACTOR: Employees are allowed up to six months of job-protected
leave for illness or family care.
14. New York University Medical
Center, New York, NY
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Award-winning employee wellness program features a
special series on topics of interest to 50+ workers.
15. Bon Secours Richmond Health
System, Richmond, VA
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Prepaid tuition and book stipend for lower-income
employees seeking to continue their education.
16. St. Mary's Medical
Center, Huntington, WV
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Pension plan counts five highest-paid years (rather than
last five) toward final pension calculation.
17. Stanley Consultants,
Inc., Muscatine, IA
Engineering, Environmental, and Construction
Consultants
WOW FACTOR: 29% of last year's hires were over 50; many retired
employees are recruited for short-term international assignments.
18. Brethren Village, Lancaster, PA
Retirement Community
WOW FACTOR: Offers an extended "illness bank" from which
employees with medical or personal emergencies can draw.
19. Mitretek Systems, Falls
Church, VA
Systems Engineering and Research
WOW FACTOR: Tuition reimbursement program pays $450 per semester hour
for up to 18 semester hours a year.
20. Centegra Health System,
Woodstock, IL
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Provides concierge services, from dry cleaning and car
washes to massage therapy.
21. North Memorial Health
Care, Robbinsdale, MN
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Retired employees can work up to 600 hours a year (1,000
hours for noncontract employees) and still collect retirement benefits.
22. Lee County Electric
Cooperative, North Fort Myers, FL
Electric Distribution Cooperative
WOW FACTOR: A fitness center on campus, plus a wellness benefit that
pays half the cost of off-site health club memberships.
23. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.,
Nutley, NJ
Pharmaceuticals
WOW FACTOR: Credits amassed during an employee's service can be
used to "pay" for insurance or health care upon retirement.
24. Westgate Resorts,
Orlando, FL
Time-share
WOW FACTOR: Employees can tap their retirement benefits without
penalty at 59 1/2.
25. The Vanguard Group, Valley
Forge, PA
Financial Services
WOW FACTOR: 50+ employees with 10 years of service are offered
Vanguard's valuable Personal Financial Planning package for free.
26. WELBRO Building Corporation,
Maitland, FL
Construction
WOW FACTOR: More than half of its supervisors, managers, and
executives are 50+; veteran employees are tapped as mentors.
27. Smurfit-Stone Container
Corporation, Clayton, MO
Paper Products
WOW FACTOR: Cross-training and colearning experiences between work
teams foster skill building and a collegial environment.
28. Zurich in North America,
Schaumburg, IL
Insurance
WOW FACTOR: Offers wellness screening and substantially discounted
memberships to health clubs nationwide.
29. DentaQuest Ventures,
Inc., Boston, MA
Dental Benefits Administrator
WOW FACTOR: Employees are reimbursed up to 50% for the cost of
classes taken out of personal interest or as work-related study.
30. West Virginia University
Hospitals, Morgantown, WV
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Reentry program offers refresher courses for retired
health-care professionals wishing to return to work.
31. Loudoun Healthcare,
Inc., Leesburg, VA
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Incentives to pursue additional training, such as salary
increases for each "competency" mastered.
32. Sonoco, Hartsville, SC
Packaging Products and Services
WOW FACTOR: Offers cross-divisional assignments, stock options, and
profit sharing.
33. Gemini, Incorporated,
Cannon Falls, MN
Outdoor Signs
WOW FACTOR: Long-term employees (and their spouses or guests) are
treated to a Las Vegas vacation every two years.
34. Delaware North Companies,
Inc., Buffalo, NY
Hospitality and Food Service
WOW FACTOR: Award-winning redesign of job duties for employees with
disabilities.
35. The Methodist
Hospital, Houston, TX
Health Care
WOW FACTOR: Health insurance for part-time employees (minimum of 20
hours a week) is covered at the same rate as for full-timers.
Special thanks to Kathi Brown. Additional reporting by Monica
Hesse.
† Company summaries are based on employers' applications
submitted in 2004, and the information therein was confirmed with each company,
though not verified independently.
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