What is an OK Certified Family Positive Workplace?
Organizations that respond to the realities of employees’ day-to-day lives will be ahead of the curve. The ‘as-if’ organization – the company that continues to operate as if its employees had no outside lives – will be history.
A family positive workplace or employer is one whose policies make it possible for employees to more easily balance family and work, and to fulfill both their family and work obligations, Thus, an employer might offer flexible work schedules and locations, child care, support for elder care, family leave options, and other family-positive benefits to employees. Family positive workplace practices benefit employers, families and society. Research shows that employers gain in employee recruitment, retention, loyalty and productivity, all of which contribute to the bottom line. Families gain in the ability to balance work and family obligations, reduced stress, and better quality of family life and life in general. The society gains because family-positive policies lead to more stable families with time to contribute to their communities, and better outcomes for children.
Potts Family Foundation with its interest in advancing Family Positive Workplace Practices is working with the Oklahoma Child Care Resources & Referral Association and Sunbeam Family Services to offer a special program/presentation along with ideas on how to enrich support for employees with young children.
Below are the names of the companies that have become FPW Certified:
| 4RKids |
| AAON |
| Alzheimer’s Association Oklahoma |
| ASIC |
| Brief Media |
| Camp Fire Green Country, Inc. |
| Care Center, Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Center, Inc. |
| Center for Children and Families, Inc |
| Cimarron Council, Boy Scouts of America |
| Cimarron Council, Boy Scouts of America |
| Circle of Care |
| Citizens Bank of Edmond |
| Community Development Support Assn., Inc. (CDSA) |
| Community Service Council |
| CompSource Mutual Insurance Company |
| Compsource Mutual Insurance Company |
| Dal-Tile Muskogee |
| Enid Public Schools |
| Evans & Davis |
| Explorer Pipeline |
| First National Bank and Trust Company of Ardmore |
| Fractionation Research Inc |
| FSB Architects + Engineers |
| Girl Scouts-Western Oklahoma Inc. |
| Goodwill Industries of Central OK, Inc. |
| Grand Lake Dental |
| Great Plains Child Care Resource & Refferal |
| Great Plains Youth & Family Services, Inc. |
| Harmon’s Electric, Inc. |
| Integrity Staffing Solutions, LLC. |
| Jasco Products LLC |
| Key Personnel |
| La Luz |
| Latino Community Development Agency |
| LawnAmerica |
| Leonardo’s Children’s Museum |
| LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma |
| Loaves & Fishes NWOK |
| Matrix Service Company |
| McClain-Garvin Co Youth and Family Center, Inc. DBA Frontline Family Solutions |
| MCSG Technologies |
| MSCI Inc |
| Mugg Winston |
| Muskogee Housing Authority |
| Nextep, Inc. |
| Oklahoma Child Care Resource & Refferal Association |
| Oklahoma City Zoo |
| Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education |
| Oklahoma Department of Transportation |
| Oklahoma Departmetn of Labor |
| Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, Inc. |
| Palomar: Oklahoma City Family Justice Center |
| Parent Promise/Prevent Child Abuse Oklahoma |
| Peppers Ranch Foster Care Community |
| Pivot, A Turn Point For Youth |
| Positive Tomorrows, Inc. |
| Rainbow Fleet Child Care Resouces and Referral |
| ReMerge of Oklahoma County, Inc. |
| Rural Health Projects, Inc. |
| Security National Bank of Enid |
| Smart Start Central Oklahoma |
| Southeastern Child Care Resource & Referral |
| Sunbeam Family Services |
| Switchgear Search & Recruiting |
| Switchgear Search & Recruiting |
| Thayne A Hedges Speech & Hearing Center |
| The Boeing Company |
| The Denny Price Family YMCA |
| TPI Staffing Service, Inc. |
| Triangle Insurance Company |
| Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust |
| Tulsa Community Foundation |
| United Way of Enid & NW Oklahoma |
| Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City, Inc. |
| Valero Ardmore Refinery |
| Valliance Bank |
| Variety Care |
| Youth & Family Services of North Central Oklahoma |
| Youth At Heart |
To learn more about Family Positive Policies, please click on our “Resources” sub-tab under the “Family Positive Workplace” tab.
Our purpose is to provide HR Professionals and other business leaders with:
- The “Why” family positive policies (reasons for family positive policies you can present to your executive team)
- Education and resources for HR to provide to employees with young children
- Quality childcare resources and Employer child expense assistance information
- Flex hours, job share, and part-time scheduling ideas
- Resources for management training on understanding challenges of employees with young children