The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption has released its annual list of Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces in the U.S. Companies of all sizes and in all industries submit their adoption benefits information to DTFA each year for their adoption benefits survey.
DTFA determines rankings based on amount of financial reimbursement and paid leave for employees who adopt. Honorees are organized by the top 100, top 10 by size and top five in each industry.
For 2012, the highest ranked workplaces were:
1. The Wendy’s Company
2. Ferring Pharmaceuticals
3. RBS Citizens Financial Group
4. HanesBrands
5. Barilla America, Inc.
6. Liquidnet Holdings, Inc. – tie
6. LSI Corporation – tie
6. UBM – tie
9. Boston Scientific
10. Bloomberg -tie
10. Putnam Investments – tie
What are employer-provided adoption benefits?
Employer-provided adoption benefits are similar to those available to new biological parents. Generally, adoption benefits fall into three categories:
- informational resources
- financial assistance
- parental leave policies
In the last two decades, the percentage of U.S. companies offering adoption benefits has grown from roughly 10 percent to nearly 50 percent.You can read more about these categories in our Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits article.
Where can I learn more about adoption benefits provided by companies?
- Follow this link to see DTFA’s detailed lists, organized by size and industry, of the nation’s top 100 leaders in company adoption benefits.
- Find a comprehensive list of companies who have submitted their adoption benefits to DTFA surveys.
- Submit your workplace in the DTFA’s 2012 Adoption-Friend Workplace Benefits Survey.
- Order Adoption-Friendly Workplace tool kits for yourself, your employer and your peers.
- Check out our blog post for 2011’s top companies.
Its great to see that companies are reaching out to help with adoption costs and needs of prospective parents. It would be nice to see an increase in this. It is truly unfortunate when financial constraints prevent a child from finding a loving home, and parents who wish to provide a loving home from being separated. As my wife and I do not work for such an organization, it has become a bit of a challenge and we are looking at a variety of means to raise money to find a way to have a child, either through some sort of fertility treatment or adoption. Both of which tend to be cost prohibitive, though the day to day expense of having a child is well within our grasp.