Working mom perks safe.(Business)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October, 2001 | by Comerford, Mike

Byline: Mike Comerford and Madhu Krishnamurthy Daily Herald Staff Writers Playing hopscotch in the middle of the workday is something many employers would frown upon. Yet Abbott Laboratories employee Sonja Cherry-Mendenhall does it often with her 3-year-old daughter Samantha. Having lunch with her daughter and reading books together are just some of the employee perks she enjoys at Libertyville Township-based Abbott, one of 13 area firms included on the Working Mothers magazine list of 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers.

"This is a lifesaver," Cherry-Mendenhall said. "I don't have to worry about (Samantha) because I know she's in an environment that is safe." The survey, however, was taken last year, well before the depths of the current economic...