COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Aflac, the
leader in voluntary insurance sales at the worksite in the United States, today announced two major
honors for the company and its workforce. Aflac was named to
FORTUNE Magazine's 2016 lists of the Best Workplaces for Diversity
and the Best Workplaces for African Americans, according to global
research and consulting firm Great Place to Work® and Fortune.
Aflac appears at No. 31 and No. 8, respectively.
"These are outstanding honors for our company and our workforce,
as we place a great deal of our focus on building and maintaining
an environment of diversity and inclusion," Aflac Chairman and CEO
Dan Amos said. "With a marketplace
as eclectic as the United States,
focusing on diversity is not just the right thing to do; it makes
business sense, as well. We want to thank Fortune and Great Place
to Work for these special recognitions."
Aflac's workforce is comprised of 67 percent women, 45 percent
minorities and nearly 30 percent African-Americans. In terms of
leadership, 23 percent of Aflac's officers are minorities, with 11
percent African-Americans, including the company's U.S. President
and its General Counsel, each of whom are African-American
women.
Workplaces that prize diversity and inclusivity aren't just good
for specific classes of workers. By promoting environments that are
great for all employees, organizations create winning workplaces,
according to research Great Place to Work conducted to compile the
list. The 50 companies on the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity
list average 24 percent higher year-over-year revenue growth than
other Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM workplaces that
didn't earn a spot on the ranking.
"We congratulate this year's winners for showing that diverse
workplaces are good for ALL employees," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work.
"Bottom line? Our research shows that the most inclusive workplaces
enjoy significantly higher revenue growth than less-inclusive
workplaces – evidence that these organizations are cultivating the
full human potential of all their people."
In conjunction with the overall 2016 Best Workplaces for
Diversity rankings, Great Place to Work is publishing other Best
Workplaces for Diversity lists. These include the Best Workplaces
for Latinos and the Best Workplaces for Asian Americans.
Great Place to Work also has produced a report with survey data and
workforce practices to help other workplaces become more
inclusive.
To see the full list of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity,
click here. To see the 2016 Best Workplaces for African Americans,
click here.
When sharing on social media about the 2016 Best Workplaces for
Diversity, please use the hashtag #bestworkplaces.
About Aflac
When a policyholder gets sick or hurt,
Aflac pays cash benefits fast. For six decades, Aflac insurance
policies have given policyholders the opportunity to focus on
recovery, not financial stress. In the
United States, Aflac is the leader in voluntary insurance
sales at the worksite. Through its trailblazing One Day
PaySM initiative, Aflac U.S. can receive, process,
approve and disburse payment for eligible claims in one business
day. In Japan, Aflac is the
leading provider of medical and cancer insurance and insures 1 in 4
households. Aflac insurance products help provide protection to
more than 50 million people worldwide. For 10 consecutive years,
Aflac has been recognized by Ethisphere as one of the World's Most
Ethical Companies. In 2016, Fortune magazine recognized Aflac as
one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America for the 18th
consecutive year and included Aflac on its list of Most Admired
Companies for the 15th time, ranking the company No. 1 in
innovation for the insurance, life and health category for the
second consecutive year. In 2015, Aflac's contact centers were
recognized by J.D. Power by providing "An Outstanding Customer
Service Experience" for the Live Phone Channel. Aflac Incorporated
is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol AFL. To find out more about Aflac and One Day
PaySM, visit aflac.com or espanol.aflac.com. Aflac
herein means American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus and American Family Life Assurance
Company of New York.
About the Best
Workplaces for Diversity
Published together by
Great Place to Work® and Fortune, The Best Workplaces for
Diversity ranking is based upon feedback from more than
448,456 employees at Great Place to Work–Certified™ companies
who completed the Trust Index© Employee Survey.
Employees from all backgrounds answered 58 questions about how
frequently they experience the behaviors that create a great
workplace, considering everything from how comfortable they are
being themselves; the degree of favoritism or insider politics they
observe in the workplace; the fairness of promotions; the feeling
of honest connection with co-workers; their access to senior
leadership; and who receives information and professional
development and who doesn't.
To determine the winners, Great Place to Work analyzed how
positively women, minorities and LGBTQ employees report
experiencing their workplace overall, paying special attention to
an index of factors where these employees tend to have a less
positive experience than their colleagues. Rankings take into
account how favorably women, minorities and LGBTQ employees
experience their workplace relative to their male, Caucasian and
heterosexual colleagues' experiences, as well as the degree of
representation women and minorities enjoy within the workforce as a
whole and in executive roles. Organizations needed to have at least
50 employees to be considered and are compared to peers of a
similar size.
Media contact – Jon A.
Sullivan, 706.763.4813 or jsullivan@aflac.com
Analyst and investor contact – Robin Y.
Wilkey, 706.596.3264 or 800.235.2667; FAX: 706.324.6330, or
rwilkey@aflac.com
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