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1.	Stanley Consultants, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa
	Consulting Services
	846 employees; 34% over 50 (53% of managers, 77% of executives)
	Recruiting: 3
	Training and Development: 5
	Health Benefits: 5
	Pension Plans: 3
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 5
	Wow Factors Stanley’s phased-retirement program, in which 75% of its employees participate, allows for customized arrangements to fit each retiree’s needs. Additional benefits tailored to older employees include international assignments and mentoring and coaching roles. Further proof that Stanley is committed to attracting and keeping older workers: in the past 12 months, 26% of the company’s new hires were over the age of 50.

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2.	Scripps Health, San Diego, California
	Health Care
	10,155 employees; 29% over 50 (42% of managers, 61% of executives)
	Recruiting: 5
	Training and Development: 4
	Health Benefits: 5
	Pension Plans: 3
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 5
	Wow Factors Scripps’s life cycle employment program assists workers in planning for their personal needs at every stage of life, from increasing family time and putting children through college, to caring for parents and protecting assets. In response to the needs of the 50-plus worker, the company recently added retiree health insurance to its benefits and created a tax-free health account for retirees to save toward additional medical expenses.

3.	Bon Secours Richmond Health System, Richmond, Virginia
	Health Care
	10,155 employees; 29% over 50 (42% of managers, 61% of executives)
	Recruiting: 5
	Training and Development: 5
	Health Benefits: 5
	Pension Plans: 5
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 5
	Wow Factors Employees at Bon Secours can enroll in 50 different classes and development programs, held at varying times and locations to accommodate individual schedules. The company provides a 50% subsidy for eldercare and sick-child–care services, and employees can have home health-professional assistance with their dependents up to 10 days per year.

4.	Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois
	Industrial Equipment and Machinery
	26,124 employees; 35% over 50 (38% of managers, 69% of executives)
	Recruiting: 5
	Training and Development: 4
	Health Benefits: 5
	Pension Plans: 5
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 5
	Wow Factors Deere requires all managers and supervisors to participate in a recently developed training course on avoiding age discrimination. Part-time employees can also receive health coverage for working as little as one hour per week. Plus, full- and part-time employees benefit from stock options, profit sharing, or similar plans.

5.	Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
	Education
	12,082 employees; 40% over 50 (43% of managers, 82% of executives)
	Recruiting: 5
	Training and Development: 5
	Health Benefits: 5
	Pension Plans: 5
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 5
	Wow Factors This Ivy League university allows employees and retirees to enroll—gratis—in up to six credits of course work each semester. For employees interested in more casual learning, the extramural study program has noncredit courses on topics from gardening to bird watching—also free. Plus, retirees can enroll in a comprehensive “wellness program,” which includes gym membership and classes, for only $168 a year.

6.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
	Education
	10,594 employees; 32% over 50 (45% of managers, 85% of executives)
	Recruiting: 5
	Training and Development: 5
	Health Benefits: 4
	Pension Plans: 4
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 5
	Wow Factors The university’s Center for Work, Family, and Personal Life offers MIT employees seminars on pertinent topics from driving and aging to home care for elders and negotiating job flexibility. For workers with college-age children, MIT’s Children’s Scholarship Program provides fully paid tuition benefits to faculty children who are admitted to the university, and in some cases to other colleges nationwide.

7.	First Horizon National Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee
	Financial Services
	12,568 employees; 20% over 50 (22% of managers, 35% of executives)
	Recruiting: 3
	Training and Development: 4
	Health Benefits: 5
	Pension Plans: 5
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 5
	Wow Factors 50-plus workers are assigned to a retiree relationship manager, who works one-on-one with each worker to ensure that he or she makes informed decisions on retiree health insurance, pensions, and stock options. First Horizon’s exceptional flexible-work options, including a program that allows employees to reduce their schedules to part-time while still receiving full benefits, helped make it one of our three recipients of the Bernard E. Nash Award for Innovation, which honors employers with innovative work practices.

8.	Brevard Public School System, Viera, Florida
	Education
	8,839 employees; 40% over 50 (47% of managers, 80% of executives)
	Recruiting: 3
	Training and Development: 4
	Health Benefits: 5
	Pension Plans: 5
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 2
	Wow Factors The school system provides both a defined-benefit pension plan and a defined-contribution plan, and workers at Brevard can take up to two years of leave for caregiving. An indicator of employee satisfaction: 90% of retiring teachers express a desire to continue working  for the  Brevard Public School System as substitutes.

9.	Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
	Health Care
	6,370 employees; 24% over 50 (40% of managers, 67% of executives)
	Recruiting: 5
	Training and Development: 5
	Health Benefits: 3
	Pension Plans: 3
	Alternative Work Arrangements: 4
	Wow Factors Yale–New Haven Hospital recently implemented a “Have It Your Way” shift option for the nursing staff to allow for greater flexibility. Additionally, YNHH is one of the few hospitals in the country to incorporate a performance incentive plan to annually reward employees for the hospital’s performance. In the last four years, the hospital has paid out more than $10 million to employees participating in the plan.