Express Personnel Services: AARP Best Employers 2008
By: AARP.org | Source: AARP.org | September 2008
2008 Best Employers
View winners of the 2008 AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Program.
Winning years: 2008, 2007
Industry: Business Services
Location: Oklahoma City, Okla.
URL: www.expresspersonnel.com
2008 Rank: 40
Highlights of 2008 Winning Strategies
Express Employment Professionals created the “Silver Streakers” program, which it designed to incorporate the mature worker into today’s workforce. The company offers an educational series on generational differences, entitled “Talking About Our Generations,” to all employees.
Additional Policies and Practices:
Recruiting: Express uses placement agencies targeting older job-seekers to recruit mature workers and retirees. The company’s franchisees speak directly with local AARP chapter members to tell them how Express can assist in their job search.
Workplace Culture/Continued Opportunities: To its employees working at least 32 hours per week, Express offers the following learning and development programs: tuition reimbursement, in-house classroom training, onlineonline training, and certification classes. During the past 12 months, 100 percent of Express employees have participated in at least one of the training opportunities with an average of 60 hours spent in training.
The company celebrates long-service anniversaries with announcements, parties, awards, and jewelry and travel-voucher gifts that increase with years of service.
Employees have opportunities to gain experience by working on temporary assignments in other departments, and on team projects. Examples of special accommodations made at Express include installing ramps and elevators to accommodate all visitors, making adjustments for those with hearing and sight impairments, and modifying tables, desks, chairs, and other furniture to accommodate height and weight levels.
Benefits/Health: Employees working 30 or more hours per week receive individual and family medical coverage, individual and family prescription-drug coverage, individual and family vision and dental insurance, and short- and long-term disability. The company offers employees health-savings accounts to help cover out-of-pocket health carehealth care expenses.
Benefits/Financial: Express offers a 401(k) plan with an employer match to its full- and part-time employees. Employees age 50+ can make catch-up contributions to their 401(k) plans. Employees receive financial-planning information from staff members and can participate in book clubs discussing financial strategies and topics.
The company offers short-term time off without pay to allow for caregiving. Wellness programs offered to full- and part-time employees include flu shots and health club discounts. Seventeen percent of the company’s employees have used at least one of thee wellness benefits during the past 12 months. Employees are reimbursed up to $12.50 per month for working out at the gym, based on the number of days they work out.
Benefits/Alternative Work Arrangements: Express offers the following alternative work arrangements to its full-time employees: flextime, compressed work schedules, job sharing, and telecommuting. Full-time employees are eligible to move to part-time work on a permanent or temporary basis.
Opportunities for Retirees: Express currently has 20 retirees. The company stays connected with its retirees by inviting them to organization events and celebrations. It also offers retirees temporary work assignments, consulting and contract work, telecommuting, and full- and part-time work.
Age of Workforce: Thirty-one percent of the company’s employees are age 50+. The average tenure of employees age 50+ is 10 years.
Industry: Business Services
Location: Oklahoma City, Okla.
URL: www.expresspersonnel.com
2008 Rank: 40
Highlights of 2008 Winning Strategies
Express Employment Professionals created the “Silver Streakers” program, which it designed to incorporate the mature worker into today’s workforce. The company offers an educational series on generational differences, entitled “Talking About Our Generations,” to all employees.
Additional Policies and Practices:
Recruiting: Express uses placement agencies targeting older job-seekers to recruit mature workers and retirees. The company’s franchisees speak directly with local AARP chapter members to tell them how Express can assist in their job search.
Workplace Culture/Continued Opportunities: To its employees working at least 32 hours per week, Express offers the following learning and development programs: tuition reimbursement, in-house classroom training, onlineonline training, and certification classes. During the past 12 months, 100 percent of Express employees have participated in at least one of the training opportunities with an average of 60 hours spent in training.
The company celebrates long-service anniversaries with announcements, parties, awards, and jewelry and travel-voucher gifts that increase with years of service.
Employees have opportunities to gain experience by working on temporary assignments in other departments, and on team projects. Examples of special accommodations made at Express include installing ramps and elevators to accommodate all visitors, making adjustments for those with hearing and sight impairments, and modifying tables, desks, chairs, and other furniture to accommodate height and weight levels.
Benefits/Health: Employees working 30 or more hours per week receive individual and family medical coverage, individual and family prescription-drug coverage, individual and family vision and dental insurance, and short- and long-term disability. The company offers employees health-savings accounts to help cover out-of-pocket health carehealth care expenses.
Benefits/Financial: Express offers a 401(k) plan with an employer match to its full- and part-time employees. Employees age 50+ can make catch-up contributions to their 401(k) plans. Employees receive financial-planning information from staff members and can participate in book clubs discussing financial strategies and topics.
The company offers short-term time off without pay to allow for caregiving. Wellness programs offered to full- and part-time employees include flu shots and health club discounts. Seventeen percent of the company’s employees have used at least one of thee wellness benefits during the past 12 months. Employees are reimbursed up to $12.50 per month for working out at the gym, based on the number of days they work out.
Benefits/Alternative Work Arrangements: Express offers the following alternative work arrangements to its full-time employees: flextime, compressed work schedules, job sharing, and telecommuting. Full-time employees are eligible to move to part-time work on a permanent or temporary basis.
Opportunities for Retirees: Express currently has 20 retirees. The company stays connected with its retirees by inviting them to organization events and celebrations. It also offers retirees temporary work assignments, consulting and contract work, telecommuting, and full- and part-time work.
Age of Workforce: Thirty-one percent of the company’s employees are age 50+. The average tenure of employees age 50+ is 10 years.
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