| ADOPTION BENEFITS OFFERED BY U.S. COMPANIES as of May 1996 | |||||
| Company | Source | Paid Leave |
$$$ |
Resource & Referral Services | Conditions/Limitations |
| Advantis | FCC | $2,500 | |||
| Aetna Life & Casualty Co. | Working Mother | up to $2,000 | x | ||
| Allied Signal | FCC | up to $2,000 | |||
| Allstate Insurance Company | Working Mother | up to $2,500 | x | ||
| American Management System |
Working Mother |
x |
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Amgen Inc. |
Working Mother |
2 days |
up to $3,000 |
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Arthur Andersen Co. |
FCC |
$2,000 |
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AT&T Corporation * |
Working Mother/FCC/Bench. Survey |
up to $3,000 |
x |
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Avon Products, Inc. |
Working Mother |
$2,000 |
x |
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Baptist Hospital of Miami |
Working Mother |
$2,500 |
x |
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Bank of Montreal/Harris Banks |
FCC |
$2,000 |
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Barnett Banks, Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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BE&K Engineering & Construction Co. |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. |
Working Mother/FCC |
6 weeks |
$$$ by case |
6 wks pd lve for prim.caregiver; 2 wks pd f/secondary caregiver |
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Beth Israel Hospital of Boston |
Working Mother |
up to 8 wks |
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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of MA |
Working Mother |
up to $5,000 |
x |
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Bristol Myers Squibb |
FCC |
$3,000 |
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The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. |
Working Mother |
$2,000+ |
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Calvert Group |
FCC |
2 weeks |
$2,000 |
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Campbell Soup |
FCC |
4 weeks |
$2,000 |
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Ceridian |
FCC |
$2,000 |
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The Chubb Corporation |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
x |
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Cigna Corporation |
Working Mother |
$2,500 |
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Citicorp/Citibank |
Working Mother |
x |
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CMP Publications, Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $3,000 |
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Colgate-Palmolive |
FCC |
up to $5,000 |
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Conde Nast |
FCC |
2 weeks |
$2,500 |
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Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. |
Working Mother |
x |
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Corestates Financial Corp. |
Working Mother |
x |
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Corning Incorporated |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $2,000 |
x |
up to $2,000 per child, $6,000 per family |
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Data General |
FCC |
$3,000 |
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Digital Equipment Corp. |
FCC |
$3,000 |
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Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. |
Working Mother/FCC |
2 weeks |
x |
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Discovery Communications |
AOL |
$2,500 |
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The Dow Chemical Company |
Working Mother/FCC/Bench. Survey |
4 weeks |
up to $3-4,000 |
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Dupont Company |
Working Mother/Bench. Survey |
x |
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The Dupont Merck Pharmaceutical |
Working Mother |
4 weeks |
$5,000 |
x |
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Eastman Kodak Company |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $2,000 |
x |
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Eli Lilly Company |
Working Mother |
up to $10,000 |
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Fannie Mae |
Working Mother/FCC |
4 weeks |
up to $6,000 |
x |
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Fel-Pro Incorporated |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $5,000 |
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First Chicago Corporation |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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First Data Corp. |
FCC |
up to $5,000 |
taxes paid by employer |
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First Tennessee Bank |
Working Mother |
x |
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First Union Corporation |
Working Mother |
x |
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Fleet Financial Group |
FCC |
$2,000 |
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The Gallup Organization |
Working Mother |
6 weeks |
$2,500 |
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Gannett Co. Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $2,500 |
x |
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Genentech, Inc. |
Working Mother/FCC |
6 weeks |
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General Electric |
FCC |
$2,500 |
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G. D. Searles |
FCC |
$5,000 |
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GlaxoWellcome Inc. |
Working Mother |
$2,500 |
x |
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G.T. Water Products Inc. |
Working Mother |
$2,500 |
x |
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Hallmark Cards, Inc. |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $5,000 |
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Hanna Andersson Corporation |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to 4 wks |
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Harris Bank |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
x |
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Hearst |
FCC |
$3,000 |
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Hewitt Associates, LLC |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $5,000 |
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Hewlett-Packard Company |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $2,500 |
x |
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Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopullos, |
Working Mother/FCC |
8 wks -non-officer |
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Inc. Advertising |
12 weeks - officer |
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Hoechst Celanese Corporation |
Working Mother |
up to $2,500 |
x |
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Home Box Office (HBO) |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $5,000 |
x |
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Hughes Electronics |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
x |
in Indiana only |
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IBM Corporation |
Working Mother/FCC/Bench. Survey |
up to $2,500 |
x |
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John Hancock Financial Services |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
x |
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Johnson & Johnson |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $3,000 |
x |
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SC Johnson Wax |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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KPMG Peat Marwick LLP |
Working Mother |
up to $5,000 |
x |
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Lancaster Laboratories |
Working Mother |
up to $3,000 |
x |
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Leo Burnett Company, Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $3,000 |
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Lincoln National Corporation |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
x |
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Lotus Development Corporation |
Working Mother/FCC |
4 weeks |
up to $2,500 |
x |
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Marquette Electronics Inc. |
Working Mother/FCC |
3 wks at 67% of pay |
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Marriott International |
Working Mother |
x |
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Massachusetts Mutual Life |
Working Mother |
up to $2,500 |
x |
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Insurance Company |
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Mattel, Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $3,000 |
x |
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MBNA America Bank, N.A. |
Working Mother/FCC |
4 weeks |
up to $5,000 |
x |
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Mentor Graphics Corporation |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $3,000 |
x |
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Merck & Co. Inc. |
Working Mother |
x |
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The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald |
Working Mother/FCC |
1 month |
x |
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3M * |
Working Mother/Bench. Survey |
up to $2,500 |
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Morrison & Foerster |
Working Mother |
4 weeks |
x |
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Motorola |
Working Mother/FCC |
$2,000 |
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Mutual Life Insurance Company of NY |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
x |
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Nationsbank Corporation |
Working Mother/FCC |
6 weeks |
x |
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Neuville Industries, Inc. |
Working Mother/FCC |
6 weeks |
6 wks w/some pay for salaried; |
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$60. week - hourly |
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Nike |
FCC |
$3,000 |
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Northern Trust Corporation |
Working Mother |
up to $2,500 |
x |
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NYNEX |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $3,000 |
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Patagonia, Inc. |
Working Mother/FCC |
8 weeks |
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Phoenix Home Life Mutual Ins. Co. |
Working Mother |
2 days |
80% up to $2,000 |
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Proctor & Gamble |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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The Prudential Ins. Co. of America |
Working Mother/Benchmark Survey |
up to $2,500 |
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Quad Graphics, Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $4,000 |
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Reader's Digest Association |
FCC |
$2,500 |
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Riverside Methodist Hospitals |
Working Mother |
$3,000 |
x |
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Rockwell International |
AOL |
$3,500 |
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Rohm and Haas Co. |
FCC |
$2,500 |
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The St. Paul Companies |
Working Mother |
x |
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St. Petersburg Times |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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Sara Lee Corporation |
Working Mother |
$2,000 |
x |
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SAS Institute Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $3,000 |
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Schering-Plough Corporation |
Working Mother |
x |
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Security Benefit Group of Companies |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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Siemens ROLM Communications |
FCC |
$7,500 |
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Smith Barney |
AOL |
$3,000 |
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Stratus Computer |
AOL |
1 week |
$2,500 |
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Sybase |
FCC |
2 weeks |
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Time Inc. |
FCC |
1 week |
$5,000 |
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Tom's of Maine, Inc. |
Working Mother/FCC |
4 weeks |
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United Technologies |
FCC |
up to $3,000 |
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USA Group, Inc. |
Working Mother |
up to $2,000 |
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U.S. Navy |
FCC |
$2,000 |
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Viewlogic systems |
FCC |
2 weeks |
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Wendy's |
FCC |
$4,000 |
$6,000 for special needs |
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Weyerhauser |
FCC |
$2,000+ |
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Work/Family Directions |
FCC |
4 weeks |
$2,500 |
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Xerox Corporation |
Working Mother/FCC |
up to $3,000 |
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* data is from benchmark survey
SOURCES: Working Mother: Working Mother Magazine: Oct. 1996 100 Best
Companies for Working Mothers
FCC: Families With Children From China web-site.
AOL: responses to M. Reading's query of adopt. internet community
re. adopt. benefits.
Benchmark Survey: Results of adoption benefits survey sent to 48 major
U.S. companies by Martha L. Reading