WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is one of 40 companies in North Carolina recognized by Carolina Parenting Inc. as “family-friendly.” Carolina Parenting Inc., which publishes Carolina Parent, Piedmont Parent and Charlotte Parent magazines, recognizes companies that go out of their way to help their employees put family first.
“In doing so, their policies strengthen their workforce, their employees’ families and our local communities,” said Sharon Havranek, publisher, and Elaine M. Heitman, executive editor, in a letter announcing the award.
The Medical Center’s family-friendly policies cited in the magazines include on-site child care, flexible schedules, an employee assistance program, a wellness program and lactation facilities for new mothers.
The 40 companies on this year’s list will be honored at a luncheon on Sept. 7 in Charlotte.
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Media contacts: Bob Conn, rconn@wfubmc.edu, Mark Wright, mwright@wfubmc.edu, at 336-716-4587.
About Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center: Wake Forest Baptist is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences, which operates the university’s School of Medicine. The system comprises 1,282 acute care, psychiatric, rehabilitation and long-term care beds and is consistently ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.
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