BDO Offices around the Country Named Winners of Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility

BDO, one of the nation’s leading professional service organizations, today announced that thirty-one of its offices have been named winners of the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility during the past year. Sloan awards are presented to companies that offer excellent workplace flexibility practices and use flexibility as a business tool to strategically enhance organizational effectiveness and benefit employees. The Sloan Awards are part of When Work Works, an ongoing initiative of the Families and Work Institute in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce and the Twiga Foundation, with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

“Being named among the nation’s top employers when it comes to workplace flexibility is something all of our staff can be proud of. This award takes into account both the personal and business benefits of flexibility programs, which is the focus of our BDO FLEX strategy,” said Jack Weisbaum, CEO of BDO (U.S.). “Similar to the recent honor we received from Accounting Today, these awards are especially gratifying because it utilizes an employee survey as a major part of the evaluation process.”

In addition to the Sloan Awards, BDO was recently named one of the Best Accounting Firms to Work for by Accounting Today magazine and Best Companies Group. The “Best Accounting Firms” program is designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in the accounting industry, benefiting the nation's economy, its workforce and businesses.

About the Alfred P. Sloan Award

Sloan Award applicants are evaluated using a rigorous two-step process. Employers complete a questionnaire about their flexibility and workplace practices, and are measured against national data from Families and Work Institute’s National Study of Employers. Companies ranking among the top 20 percent nationwide qualify for the next phase, in which employees fill out an online survey about their employer’s flexibility options. Award winners and honorable mentions are determined by their performance in both steps of the process.

The following is a list of the BDO offices that received the award: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Grand Rapids (2), Houston, Kalamazoo, Los Angeles, Melville, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York (2), Orange County, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Richmond, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Spokane, West Palm Beach, Westchester, Woodbridge and the National office (Chicago).

About BDO

BDO is the brand name for BDO Seidman, LLP, a U.S. professional services firm providing assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. For 100 years, BDO has provided quality service through the active involvement of experienced and committed professionals. The firm serves clients through 37 offices and more than 400 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multi-national clients through a global network of 1,138 offices in 115 countries.

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