FAMILY
SUPPORT AMERICA HONORS BAXTER WITH THE KATHLEEN MCDONALD MEMORIAL WORK AND
FAMILY AWARD
Baxter is Recognized
for Promoting Healthy Families Through Workplace Practices
CHICAGO, Ill.,
April 23, 2002 -- Baxter Healthcare Corporation was recognized with Family
Support America's Kathleen McDonald Memorial Work and Family Award at an
awards luncheon held today during the organization's national conference
in Rosemont, Ill. The award honors organizations that have demonstrated
a commitment to achieve outstanding results while simultaneously addressing
employee and organizational needs.
A Family Support At Work Leadership Roundtable committee selected Baxter
as the winner in the for-profit over 5,000 employees category for its efforts
to integrate the principles of family support at work through human resource
policies and practices and community outreach.
"Baxter is proof that progressive work-family policies are the foundation
of a healthy business," said Bette Carlson, senior vice president,
Family Support At Work. "They recognize that strengthening families
and building strong communities create a stable marketplace and a thriving
economy."
Baxter dedicated a corporate department to develop and lead work and life
initiatives for the company more than 10 years ago. Since then, the company's
work/life initiatives have evolved, and last year earned the company a place
in the PBS documentary Juggling Work and Family.
"We are honored to be recognized by Family Support America with the
Kathleen McDonald Memorial Work and Family Award," said Alice Campbell,
director of Baxter's work/life initiatives and community relations. "This
supports our belief that an investment in work/life balance is an investment
in the productivity of the company."
Baxter's work/life initiatives include an Alternate Work Arrangement Proposal
Kit and a Work/Life in the Workplace guidebook. Baxter supports alternate
work arrangements and flexibility as a way to help team members' balance
their personal and work responsibilities. The proposal kit assists employees
and managers in reviewing the steps required for proposing and reviewing
requests for flexibility within the scope of an existing position.
Baxter's recently launched Work/Life in the Workplace guidebook encourages
dialogue and equal involvement by managers and employees in achieving a
healthy balance between work and personal needs. It describes some of the
root causes of work/life conflicts and offers suggestions for collaborative
solutions, working on the premise that work/life balance is a shared responsibility
between managers and employees.
Baxter's work/life initiatives also include access to back-up dependent
care in certain locations, a resource and referral network, and adoption
assistance among other work/life benefits. The company was a 1999 Catalyst
Award recipient for exemplary initiatives to advance women into leadership,
in which it was lauded for its work life programs.
Family Support America,
formerly Family Resource Coalition of America, promotes family support
as a nationally recognized movement to strengthen and support families
and places the principles of family support practice at the heart of every
setting in which children and families are present. By identifying and
connecting individuals and organizations that have contact with families,
by providing technical assistance, training and education, conferences,
and publications, and by promoting the voice of families, Family Support
America is taking family support to scale as the national strategy for
ensuring the well-being of children today and in the years to come.
Baxter Healthcare Corporation is the principal domestic operating subsidiary
of Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global health-care company
that, through its subsidiaries, provides critical therapies for people
with life-threatening conditions. Baxter’s bioscience, medication
delivery and renal products and services are used to treat patients with
some of the most challenging medical conditions including cancer, hemophilia,
immune deficiencies, infectious diseases, kidney disease, and trauma.
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