Employer Adoption Benefits

Many employers provide their employees with adoption benefits, such as paid leave, unpaid leave, or adoption reimbursements. The following article explains the basics of employer adoption benefits.

Adoption Benefits: Employers as Partners in Family Building

The following table shows adoption benefits offered by many employers.

Employer	Some	> $4,000 for single, sibling or special needs	Paid Leave	Unpaid Leave (+ FMLA)	Resource & Referral
AARP	x	x			x
ABB CE Nuclear Power	x	x	x	x
A&B Hawaii					x
Abbott Laboratories	x			x	x
Advanta Corporation	x	x
Advocate Health Care	x	x
Aetna, Inc.	x	x			x
Aetna Life & Casualty	x			x	x
Ag Processing	x	x
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.	x			x
Allegiance Corporation	x				x
Allstate Insurance Company	x		x	x	x
American Express	x				x
American Home Products Corporation	x				x
American International Group	x	x
American Management Systems	x	x		x	x
American Ref-fuel Company	x	x
Ameritech Corp.	x				x
Amgen, Inc.	x		x	x	x
Amoco Corp	x				x
Apex Management Group, The			x
Applied Communications, Inc.	x		x
Arco Chemical Co.					x
Arthur Anderson LLP	x	x	x		x
Arthur O. Little, Inc.					x
Ashland, Inc.	x				x
ASTRA Merck, Inc.	x			x	x
Avon Products, Inc.	x			x	x
A.W. Restaurants, Inc.	x	x
AT&T	x			x	x
Autodesk, Inc.	x		x		x
Bank of America	x	x	x		x
Bank One	x				x
Baptist Health Systems of South Florida	x				x
Barnett Banks	x				x
Basic American Foods	x				x
Baxter Healthcare	x				x
Bayfront-St. Anthony's Health Care	x
BDM International, Inc.	x
BE&K Engineering and Construction	x
Bell Atlantic	x	x		x	x
Bell South Corporation	x			x	x
Beneficial Corp.	x				x
Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.	x		x		x
Bergen Brunswig Corporation	x				x
Best Foods	x
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center					x
Black Entertainment Television Holdings, Inc.				x
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Massachusetts	x				x
Bon Secours Richmond Health System					x
Book of The Month Club, Inc.	x	x
Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc.			x		x
Borden, Inc.	x	x
Boston Scientific Corp.	x	x
Brentwood Services, Inc.	x	x		x
Bristol-Myers Squibb	x				x
Bryn Mawr Rehab			x		x
Builders Square	x	x
Bureau of National Affairs, The	x
Calvert Group, LTD	x	x	x		x
Calvin College	x	x
Campbell Soup Company	x			x
Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.	x
Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital	x		x
Ceridian Corporation	x				x
Channing L. Bete Co., Inc.	x	x	x		x
Chase Manhattan Corp.	x	x	x		x
Chester County Hospital, The	x
Chevron Corporation	x	x		x	x
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)	x				x
Chrysler Corporation	x			x	x
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, The	x				x
CIGNA Corporation	x			x	x
Cinergy	x			x	x
CIT Group Inc., The	x	x			x
Citizens Bank	x	x	x
City of Plano, TX	x	x
City of Richardson, TX	x	x
CMP Publications	x	x	x	x
Coach Leatherware	x		x
Coca-Cola Company, The	x	x			x
Colgate-Palmolive Company	x	x
Columbia/HCA	x
Comerica Incorporated				x	x
Computer Horizons Corp.	x
ComputerWorld, Inc.				x	x
Conde Nast Publications, Inc.	x		x
Consolidated Edison of NY	x			x
Consolidated Rail Corporation	x		x		x
Control Data Systems, Inc.	x				x
Coopers & Lybrand	x	x			x
Coors Brewing Company	x
Corning Incorporated	x		x	x
Cranston Print Works				x
Crozer-Chester Medical Center				x	x
CSC Consulting & Systems Integration	x		x		x
CVS	x				x
Cytec Industries Inc.	x
DaimlerChrysler Corp.	x	x			x
Dakota State University			x
Dartmouth College	x
Data General Corp.	x
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption	x	x	x
Dayton Hudson Corp	x
DDB Needham Worldwide (Chicago Division)	x		x		x
Deere & Company				x
Deloitte & Touche	x	x	x		x
Delta Air Lines	x	x
Delta Dental of Pennsylvania				x
Deutsche Bank	x	x	x		x
Dial Corporation	x			x
The Walt Disney Company	x
Dispatch Printing Company, The	x	x
Dominion Energy	x	x
Domino's Pizza	x	x	x
Donnelly Corporation	x
Dow Chemical Company, The	x	x	x
Duke Power	x			x
DuPage County, IL	x		x
DuPont	x		x	x	x
DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company	x	x	x
Duquesne Light Company			x
Eastman Chemical	x
Eastman Kodak Co.	x			x	x
Eaton Corporation			x
ECS Companies, The	x
Eddie Bauer	x		x		x
EDS	x				x
Elf Atochem North America, Inc.					x
Elk Promotions, Inc.	x
Elmhurst College			x
EMC Corporation	x	x			x
Ernst & Young	x	x		x	x
Eisenberg, Alan D., Attorney	x	x		x	x
Fannie Mae	x	x	x		x
Ferris, Baker, Watts, Inc.	x	x
Fidelity Investments	x	x		x	x
First Bank Systems	x
First Chicago NBD Corporation	x				x
First Tennessee Bank					x
First Union Corporation			x		x
Flagstar Companies	x		x
Fleet Financial Group	x	x	x		x
FMC Corporation	x	x			x
Ford Motor Co.				x	x
Forman Distributing of Virginia				x
Frankford Hospital					x
Freddie Mac	x	x			x
Frito-Lay	x	x			x
Gallup Organization, The	x		x
Gannett Company, Inc.	x				x
The GAP Inc.	x				x
Gateway 2000	x
Genentech, Inc.	x	x			x
General Accident Insurance	x	x			x
General Electric Co.	x				x
General Mills, Inc.	x
General Motors Corporation				x	x
General Motors/Saturn Corp.	x			x	x
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.	x	x			x
Glen Cove School District				x
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The	x
Gorden Flesch Company, Inc.	x
Grant Riverside Methodist Hospital	x		x
GTE Corp.	x				x
GTE Telephone Operations	x				x
GTech Corporation	x
G.T. Water Products, Inc.	x			x
Gymboree Corp			x		x
Hallmark Cards, Inc.	x			x
Hanna Anderson	x		x
Harcourt General, Inc.	x				x
Harris Bank	x				x
Harvard University	x		x	x	x
Hasbro, Inc.	x	x	x	x	x
Hatfield Quality Meats	x			x
Hearst Corporation, The	x
Henkel Corp.	x			x
Hennepin Parks			x
Hercules Inc.	x		x
Hewitt Associates	x	x			x
Hewlett-Packard Company	x			x	x
Hill, Holiday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc.			x		x
Hoechst Celanese Corporation	x			x	x
Hoffmann-LaRoche	x	x			x
Holt International Children's Services	x
Home Box Office	x	x
Home Depot	x				x
Household International	x				x
Hughes Aircraft Company					x
Hunt Manufacturing Co.					x
IBM Corporation	x		x	x	x
Imation	x				x
Intermetrics	x
International Brotherhood of Teamsters			x
International Game Technology	x		x
Investors Fiduciary Trust Co.	x	x
ITT Hartford	x			x
JFK Medical Center	x
JM Family Enterprises, Inc.	x			x
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company	x			x	x
John Hopkins University	x	x
Johnson & Johnson	x			x	x
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.	x
Edward Jones	x		x		x
Kellogg Foundation, W.K.	x		x
Kemper National Insurance Companies				x
Kmart Corporation	x	x
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP	x	x			x
Lancaster Laboratories, Inc.	x				x
Lehman Brothers, Inc.			x
Leo Burnett U.S.A.	x				x
Lexmark International	x	x			x
Licking Memorial Health System	x
Life Technologies, Inc.	x		x		x
Eli Lilly and Co.	x	x	x		x
Limited, Inc., The	x	x
Lincoln Financial Group	x	x	x		x
Little Caesar's	x	x
Little Rapids Corporation	x
Loews Corporation				x	x
Loomis, Sayles & Company, LP	x	x	x
Lotus Development Corp.	x		x		x
LSI Logic Corporation	x		x		x
LucasFilm Ltd.			x
Lucent Technologies	x			x	x
Maine General Health	x
Marquette Bank, N.A./Pohlad Banking Group	x	x
Marquette Electronics, Inc.			x
Marriott International, Inc.					x
MassMutual	x
Mattel, Inc.	x	x			x
MBNA America Bank, NA	x	x	x	x	x
McDonald's Corporation	x		x
Mentor Graphics	x	x		x	x
Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc.	x	x		x
Merck & Co, Inc.					x
Mercy General Health Partners	x
Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.	x	x	x		x
Miami Herald, The			x		x
Microsoft, Inc.	x	x	x		x
Midamerican Energy Company	x	x
Millipore Corporation	x	x	x		x
Milton Hershey School	x	x		x
3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing)	x
Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc.	x				x
Mobil Inc.	x				x
Monsanto Co.	x	x		x	x
Morgan, J.P.	x	x	x		x
Morrison & Foerster			x		x
Motorola	x	x		x	x
Mount Carmel Health System	x
Musco Corp.	x	x	x
Mutual of New York (MONY)	x				x
Mutual of Omaha Companies, Inc.					x
Nabisco, Inc.	x				x
National Adoption Center	x			x	x
National Futures Association	x	x	x	x
National Life of Vermont	x		x
NationsBank			x	x	x
NCR Corporation	x			x	x
NE Electric					x
Nellie Mae, Inc.	x
Nestle	x	x	x		x
Neuville Industries, Inc.			x
Newly Weds Foods, Inc.	x	x	x	x
New York Life Insurance Company	x			x	x
Nike, Inc.	x				x
Nordstrom	x				x
Northern States Power Company	x
Northern Trust Corp.	x				x
Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	x		x		x
NYNEX	x
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)	x
Oracle Corporation					x
Owens Corning	x	x			x
Pacific Bell	x			x	x
Pacific Gas & Electric	x				x
Partnership Group Inc., The	x				x
Patagonia, Inc.	x		x	x	x
Payless Cashways, Inc.	x
Penn Virginia Corporation			x
PepsiCo	x	x
The Perkin Elmer Corporation	x	x
Pfizer, Inc.	x	x		x	x
Phoenix Home Life Mutual Life Insurance Co.	x	x	x		x
Pillsbury Company, The	x
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.	x
Pitney Bowes	x
PMA Group, The	x
PNC Bank	x
Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.	x	x
PPG	x
Press-Telegram	x			x
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP	x	x	x		x
Primavera Systems, Inc.	x	x
Principal Financial Group, The	x
Procter and Gamble	x		x		x
Providence Gas Company	x			x
Providence Hospital	x		x
Providence Journal Co.				x
Prudential Insurance Company of America	x	x		x	x
Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G)	x	x		x	x
Quad/Graphics	x	x			x
Qualcomm, Inc.	x
QuickTrip Corp.	x	x	x		x
Ravenswood Health Care Corporation	x	x			x
Reader's Digest Assoc., Inc.	x			x
Red Wing Shoe Company	x
Resort Condominiums International, Inc. (RCI)	x			x
Rex Healthcare	x	x			x
Rhone-Poulenc, Inc.	x				x
Ridgeview, Inc.			x		x
Rockwell International	x				x
Roger Williams University				x
Rohm and Haas Company	x			x
RSL					x
Ryder System, Inc.	x
St. Mary's Medical Center (MI)	x
St. Mary's Medical Center (MN)	x		x
St. Paul Companies, The	x		x		x
St. Petersburg Times	x
St. Raphael Healthcare System (CT)			x
Salomon Brothers Inc.	x		x
Sara Lee Corporation	x		x	x	x
SAS Institute	x	x	x
SBC Communications, Inc.	x			x
Schering-Plough Corporation				x	x
Scripps Co., The E.W.	x
SCT Corporation					x
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.	x	x	x		x
The Seattle Times Company					x
Security Benefit Group	x				x
SEI Investments	x				x
Sensormatic Electronics Corp.	x
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.	x	x	x		x
ServiStar Corporation	x		x	x
7-Eleven Stores/The Southland Corp.			x
Shaw Industries	x	x
Shipley Company	x		x		x
Silicon Graphics	x	x			x
Simon & Shuster	x				x
Sisters of Charity Health Systems	x	x
Smith Barney	x		x	x
Smith College			x	x
SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceutical Co.	x
SNET	x			x	x
Southwest Airlines	x				x
Spiegel, Inc.	x		x
Sprint	x
Stanford University				x	x
Stanley Works, The	x	x
Star Lumber & Supply Co., Inc.				x
State Farm Insurance	x	x			x
State of Montana			x
State of New York				x
State of North Dakota			x	x
State of Pennsylvania				x
State of North Carolina	x	x	x
State of Utah	x
State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio	x	x
Storage Technology Corporation	x
The Stride Rite Corp	x	x	x		x
Subaru of America	x	x
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	x				x
SunTrust Bank, Inc.	x				x
Superior Coffee and Foods	x	x			x
Supervalu, Inc.	x
Tandem Computers, Inc.	x		x	x	x
Target Stores	x			x
Tenet Healthcare Corporation	x				x
Texaco, Inc.	x				x
Texas Instruments	x	x			x
TIAA-CREF					x
Tom's of Maine, Inc.			x	x
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.	x	x	x
Trans-Financial	x	x
Triconex Corporation	x	x	x
TRW, Inc.	x	x			x
Unisys				x
United Parcel Service	x	x
United States Surgical Corporation	x		x
United Technologies	x				x
Universal Studios, Inc.	x	x	x		x
University of Oklahoma			x
University of South Carolina	x	x	x		x
University of Wyoming			x
Upjohn Company, The	x			x
USAA	x	x			x
U S West, Inc.	x			x	x
Valassis Communications, Inc.	x	x	x		x
Vanguard Group Inc., The	x			x	x
Viacom	x		x
Victory Memorial Hospital	x
VLSI Technology	x				x
Voucher Corporation, The	x				x
Wal-Mart Corporation			x	x
Warner-Lambert Company	x	x			x
Watson Wyatt Worldwide	x			x
Wells Fargo Bank					x
Wendy's International, Inc.	x	x	x
Roy F. Weston, Inc.	x				x
Weyerhaeuser	x				x
Whirlpool Corporation	x	x
Women & Infants Hospital				x
Woodman of the World Life Insurance			x
WFD, Inc.	x		x		x
World Financial Properties.			x
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.	x		x	x
Wyeth-Ayerst	x
Xerox Corporation	x				x
Zeneca, Inc.					x
This information was provided by the National Adoption Center.
The FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act of 1993) gives an employee the right to take a leave of absence for family and medical reasons. It requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave and a continuation of benefits without jeopardizing employment.

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