The Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility recognize exemplary employers across the U.S. for their innovative workplace effectiveness and flexibility initiatives. These are worksite-based awards, and for multi-site employers it is the local worksite that is considered for the award. Using a rigorous scoring methodology that includes employees' views as well as employer practices in its scoring, the Sloan Awards honor organizations and worksites that are using workplace flexibility as a strategy to increase workplace effectiveness and yield positive business results, and to help employees succeed at work and at home.

The awards are open to employers of all types and all sizes, in the public and private sectors, for-profit and not-for-profit, provided the following criteria are met:

• A minimum of ten employees must currently work from or report to the eligible worksite. This does not include contract workers or consultants who are not reported to the IRS, but does include employees who travel frequently or work from home as long as they report back to the eligible worksite.
• The organization must have been in operation for at least one year.
• In past years, only employers located in a participating When Work Works community were eligible to apply. In 2008-2009, 30 communities and 3 states across the country are sponsoring the When Work Works initiative and Sloan Awards in their local communities or states and are providing education, outreach and local recognition to employers in their area. In 2009, for the first time, we are also adding an “at-large” application so that U.S. employers outside of participating communities can also apply.

The application process for the 2009 Sloan Awards will open on January 7, 2009, and the application will be available on-line at www.whenworkworks.org

For detailed information about the Awards, including how to apply and eligibility requirements, click the links above.

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