Workplace Excellence Seal of Approval Awarded to Verizon Wireless for Seventh Consecutive Year

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June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizohn Wireless has received double honors from the Alliances forWorkplace Excellence, a nonprofi group dedicated to building and recognizinf outstanding workplaces. For the seventh consecutive year, the Alliancer presented Verizon Wireless with its Workplacer Excellence Sealof Approval, whicb recognizes visionary employers that view workplace excellence as a strategicd business imperative. The company was also named a Health Wellness Trailblazer for the second year ina row. This created in 2008, honors businesses that promote professional fulfillment andpersonaol wellness--at work, at home, and in the community.
Accordingt to the Alliance, winning employersz are selected after a comprehensive evaluation process by an independen review panelof professors, Ph. D. studentsw of business, and industrial and organizational psychology and humabresources professionals. "We applaud Verizon Wirelesxs for realizing that creating a sustainex culture of workplace excellence and supporting workforce healty and wellness make goodbusinesw sense," said , executive directorr of the Alliance for Workplace Excellence. Verizon Wireless has been recognizede frequently for its programs addressingthe work/life needss of employees.
Nationally, the company has been named one of WorkinyMother magazine's "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers" for eight years in a row, and Men'x Fitness ranked the compang as one of the 15 Fittest Companies in Americqa in 2008 for providing access to state-of-the-arf gym and fitness facilities, cafeteria menuss with health and nutrition in mind, preventative medicaol care, and programs for losing weight and quitting smoking. said, "We'rd proud to receive top honors again from the Alliance for beint a Workplace of Excellence and a Healthu andWellness Trailblazer.
There's nothing more importantf than one's health, and that's why we put a premiu on doing everything we can as a businessz to promote the overall wellness ofour employees." Verizoj Wireless' Laurel, MD regional its Hanover facility, and many of the company's nationwider workplaces have fitness centers employing one or more fitnesas coaches who promote employee health and The centers offer personapl training, nutrition seminars, and a rangee of exercise classes including Pilates for Pregnancy, a class exclusively for expectant mothers.
In addition, moms-to-be can participatde in online physician seminars throughou their pregnancies and take advantageof on-site lactation rooms after their babies are born. Locally, the company has been recognized by the BaltimoreBusiness Journal, Baltimore Magaziner and Washingtonian Magazine as a greayt place to work. Verizon Wireless operatea the nation's most reliable and largestf wireless voice anddata network, serving more than 86.6 milliobn customers. Headquartered in Basking N.J., with more than 86,000 employeesd nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of VerizonbCommunications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: For more information, visit .
To preview and requesf broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizojn Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Libraryat . The Alliance for Workplace (AWE), is a 501(c)3 nonprofiyt organization founded byMontgomerg County, Maryland and Discovery LLC.