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Work/Life Solutions

Alston & Bird strives to have the best employees in the legal services industry. To recruit and retain quality employees, the firm recognizes the importance of individual satisfaction and work/life balance. To help achieve this healthy balance, the firm has developed a work/life initiative named Life Solutions. Life Solutions encompasses both firm benefits and policies that assist individuals in balancing the demands of providing quality legal services with the demands of a personal life. Life Solutions assists in making a difference in the community, enjoying recreational activities, broadening knowledge horizons, enlarging our circle of friends and otherwise tending to our physical, mental and spiritual well being. Alston & Bird understands the need to assist in these areas, which are a high priority in most everyone's life.

Self Solutions

Job sharing
Flexible hours
Professional development and technical training
Employee Assistance Program
On-site massage therapy*
Tuition reimbursement
Corporate concierge service
Firm-paid flu shots
On-site health screenings
Weight Watchers at Work program with reimbursement
Smoking cessation benefits with reimbursement
CPR/AED training
Wellness lunch 'n learn programs
Firm-sponsored bike races, runs, and walks
Firm-sponsored athletic teams
Corporate gym membership*

Parental Solutions

Up to three months paid parental leave for primary care givers
Up to three weeks paid parental leave for non-primary care givers
On-site new mothers room for nursing mothers
$7,000 medical adoption benefits

Child Solutions

Near-site child care center in Atlanta offering full-time and back-up care for infants to school age children
In-home sick care and priority access back-up child care offered nationwide through the Back-Up Care Advantage Program
Dedicated back-up space in four Bright Horizons Child Care Centers

Family Solutions

Catastrophic Leave Sharing Program to help an employee who faces a devastating illness of a family member and has exhausted all available paid leave of their own
In-home elder care
Caregivers Support Group
Prenatal education
Adoption resources
Child care referral service
Summer camp referrals
College planning service
Elder care referral service
Legal & Financial Services
Pet care referrals

*some offices