Gov. Gregoire helps present 2011 Better Workplace Awards
OLYMPIA— The Association of Washington Business celebrated 10 Washington state employers today for their excellence in protecting, training and compensating their employees.
AWB’s 2011 Better Workplace Awards honors Washington companies that have set the bar for workplace safety, job training and advancement, and innovative benefit and compensation programs. This year’s honors, sponsored by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, were presented Thursday during AWB’s annual Legislative Day at the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia. AWB President Don Brunell and Gov. Gregoire presented the awards along with awards sponsor Tom Lemly of Davis Wright Tremaine.
“Each year, we are honored to recognize companies for their efforts to make their workplaces among the very best in the state. This year’s crop of winners continues that tradition,” said Brunell. “The 10 businesses we celebrate today have made an ongoing commitment to providing quality products and services while also tending to the needs of their employees. We are honored to count these companies among our members and to recognize the innovative ideas they bring to the Washington state workplace.”
AWB’s Better Workplace Awards program is open to all of the association’s members. An independent panel of judges reviews all the nominees and evaluates the programs based on a variety of criteria, including their impact on employee morale, increases in worker productivity, improvements in recruitment and retention and reductions in the cost of worker training.
This year’s 2011 Better Workplace Award recipients are:
Workplace Safety
Fewer than 25 employees
101-250 employees
251+ employees
Job Training & Advancement
Fewer than 25 employees
26-100 employees
101 – 250 employees
Innovative Benefit & Compensation Programs
Fewer than 25 employees
26-100 employees
251+ employees
Read a detailed summary about each 2011 Better Workplace recipient online. For photos of the 2011 awards presentation in Olympia, please visit the AWB’s Flickr Web site. (Note: photos may not be available until late afternoon.)
About the Association of Washington Business
Formed in 1904, the Association of Washington Business is Washington’s oldest and largest statewide business association, and includes more than 7,300+ members representing 650,000 employees. AWB serves as both the state’s chamber of commerce and the manufacturing and technology association. While its membership includes major employers like Boeing, Microsoft and Weyerhaeuser, 90 percent of AWB members employ fewer than 100 people. More than half of AWB’s members employ fewer than 10. For more about AWB, visit http://www.awb.org/. 
