The University of Hawaiʻi is one of the nation’s best workplaces for parents and families, according to Newsweek’s new ranking featuring the top 800 companies across multiple industries in the U.S..
UH is just one of two employers in Hawaiʻi, and one of only eight universities across the country that made the global news magazine’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families” list.
The ranking is based on a large employer survey and a set of more than 36,000 respondents who are parents/single parents working in the U.S. for companies that have at least 1,000 employees.
“Our faculty, staff and administrators are the heart of the environments in which our students learn and grow,” said UH President David Lassner. “When we are supportive of all our employees they are happier members of our UH ʻohana and better able to advance the success of our students and the communities we serve.”
The ranking was based on the following factors:
- Company familiarity: Participants reviewed their current employer and how likely they would recommend that employer (highest level of familiarity), and voluntarily reviewed companies they are familiar with but not currently working for (lowest level of familiarity) and how likely they would recommend those as employers.
- Target group: Evaluated only for people who are parents/single parents. The single parents were weighted higher.
- Category valuation: All participants evaluated the companies based on eight different categories (company image, corporate culture, working environment, work-life balance, training and career progression, compensation and benefits, sustainability awareness and proactive management of the diverse workforce).
- Media monitoring: Newsweek screened all companies based on their press coverage of the past 24 months.
- Final evaluation: All companies have been evaluated by Newsweek and Plant-A (a data research company).
