The Final Round of 2023 SLO County Family-Friendly Workplaces Award Recipients

SLO County Family-Friendly Workplaces is excited to announce the fourth and final round of the 2023 SLO County Family-Friendly Workplaces Awardees. These awards are for public, private and nonprofit employers of any size or industry on the Central Coast and seek to recognize and support organizations that adopt and implement family-friendly workplace practices for their employees.

“We are thrilled to honor these organizations who are going above and beyond to support their employees,” said Christina Lefevre Latner, with the SLO County Family-Friendly Workplaces Program. “Employers are really understanding the value of offering this type of family-friendly benefits to their employees and with it seeing an ease in recruitment, a reduction in turnover, and an overall increase in morale,” said Lefevre Latner. With that it’s no wonder the program has seen a 224% increase in award attainment since 2022. So far, almost 200 businesses throughout SLO County have taken the SLO County Family-Friendly Workplaces Assessment, and more than 100 awards have been provided.

The final round of 2023 SLO County Family-Friendly Workplaces Awardees are a diverse group of organizations from across the county, by award level, they are:

• Bronze Level
  • Wild Fields Brewhouse

• Silver Level, “Rising Stars”
  • Albert’s Florist

• Gold Level, “Committed Leaders”
  • Pismo Beach Vet Clinic
  • SLO CASA

• Platinum Level, “Trail Blazers”
  • Jack’s Helping Hand
  • Wacker Wealth Partners

• Diamond Level, “Distinguished Champions”
  • BBSI
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of SLO County
  • Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo
  • San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce
  • SESLOC Credit Union

• Blue Diamond Level, “Change Makers”
  • Cal Poly Corporation
  • CAPSLO
  • Community Foundation of San Luis Obispo
  • iFixit
  • Megan’s Organic Market
  • Mindbody
  • Rosen Group
  • SLO Airport

Last month also marks the opening of the new 2024 Family-Friendly Workplaces Assessment, and the first opportunity to apply for a new 2024 Award.  We would like to urge every business, non-profit and government entity to take the 2024 assessment and apply for this important award. The assessment helps ensure businesses are following both old and new laws, can open eyes to new options, and can even assist with recruitment efforts. It takes about 15 minutes ro complete.You can find the assessment, award application, a full list of past awardees, as well as, a toolkit and lots of other resources at slofamilyfriendlywork.org.