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AARP: FOUR VIRGINIA EMPLOYERS NAMED 2009 BEST EMPLOYERS FOR WORKERS OVER 50
Applications Set Record for Nine-Year Old Program; New Hospital-Health Care Honor Established
RICHMOND – Three Virginia-based organizations have been named by AARP to its 2009 list of Best Employers for Workers 50 and Over, while a fourth earned a new health care honor.
Bon Secours Richmond Health System in Richmond is one of 15 health care employers honored by AARP this year. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Arlington, George Mason University in Fairfax and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond join an impressive list of 50 honorees announced today by AARP CEO Barry Rand. The Virginia winners were announced today in Richmond at a Nurse Leader Forum hosted by AARP and the Virginia Nurses Association.
More than 200 employers applied for Best Employers honors, the highest total in the nine-year history of the program designed to highlight exemplary policies toward aged 50 and over workers.
“We are delighted that four Virginia employers have been selected,” said AARP Virginia State Director Bill Kallio, “These companies offer a number of progressive policies in their approach toward older workers.”
A separate hospitals and health care Best Employers honor roll was established by AARP for the first time this year. AARP decided to set up a separate category in order to acknowledge efforts in the health care field to creatively deal with shortages in qualified workers that have faced the health care industry for years.
Any U.S.-based employer with at least 50 employees is eligible to apply for the Best Employers award. Candidates are vetted to ensure that practices meet the needs of mature workers. Key areas of consideration include: recruiting practices, opportunities for training, education and career development; workplace accommodations; alternative work options, such as flexible scheduling, job sharing, and phased retirement; employee health and retirement benefits and retiree work opportunities.
AARP The Magazine will feature the 2009 Best Employers in its November-December issue, available in homes September 24. The article will be found online then at www.aarpmagazine.org
For more information on the 2009 Best Employers, please go to www.aarp.org/bestemployers
Included is background on each employer’s workforce practices and a description of the selection process.
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for 50+ Americans and the world's largest-circulation magazine with over 35.5 million readers; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for AARP's 40 million members and Americans 50+; AARP Segunda Juventud, the only bilingual U.S. publication dedicated exclusively to the 50+ Hispanic community; and our website, AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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