Awardee Spotlight Sunny505 Family Friendly New Mexico is featuring award recipients that really stand out from the crowd. In May 2021, we interviewed Dezaree Vega Garcia, President of Sunny505 and celebrate their efforts in creating a family friendly workplace! A healthy, happy team means higher productivity and better quality of work.Dezaree Vega Garcia Why have you decided to have family friendly workplace policies? Work/life balance is incredibly important to ensure you have a productive and happy team. All of this ultimately contributes to the overall success of a business. We go out of our way to keep employees engaged and … Read More
Awardee Spotlight: downtown desert yoga
Awardee Spotlight downtown desert yoga Family Friendly New Mexico is featuring award recipients that really stand out from the crowd. On April 2021, we interviewed Colleen Boyd of downtown desert yoga and celebrate their efforts in creating a family friendly workplace! As an employee of Downtown Desert Yoga (DDY), I feel supported and comfortable when needing to make my family a priority. Kasey Pena Why have you decided to have family friendly workplace policies? As a working mother, it is a priority to me because someone was kind enough to do the same. They placed family first! How do family … Read More
New Mexico Businesses Address the Gender Pay Gap
Pay equity is being addressed more now than ever and the gender gap in pay has narrowed since 1980. Yet in 2018, women still only earned 85% of what men earned, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly earnings of both full- and part-time workers in the United States. Based on this estimate, it would take an extra 39 days of work for women to earn what men did in 2018. And the earnings are even less for Native American, African American and Hispanic/Latina women. More than fifty years after the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and … Read More
Investing in Tech Enabled Personalized Work Experiences
Guest Blog Post from Dr. Erica Barreiro, Future of Work Strategist, Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) As consumers, we have all become accustomed to, even have come to expect, “personalized” experiences. When I get ready to check-out my online grocery order, I appreciate the final nudge asking me if I want to add any of the listed items that I have regularly ordered in the past. When I log into my Netflix or Audible account, I like to review the “recommended for you” based upon what I have previously watched or listened to. When I order something for delivery, … Read More
Celebrating Women Owned Businesses
At Family Friendly New Mexico, our vision is that all New Mexican workers are able to achieve a healthy balance between work and life, which means they have the time and capacity to care for their children and families, have access to good jobs and are able to contribute to their communities. In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we want to honor our women-owned businesses who have earned a Family Friendly Business Award®. These women business owners demonstrate their commitment to supporting their employees by implementing family friendly workplace policies. Check out our ad in the … Read More
Awardee Spotlight: Kei & Molly Textiles
Awardee Spotlight Kei & Molly Textiles, LLC Family Friendly New Mexico is featuring award recipients that really stand out from the crowd. February 2021, we interviewed Kei Tsuzuki of Kei & Molly Textiles and celebrate their efforts in creating a family friendly workplace! We are dedicated to supporting policies that encourage healthy living for our employees and their familiesKei Tsuzuki Why have you decided to have family friendly workplace policies? From the beginning, we knew we wanted a workplace that would support and respect the staff we hired. Working with primarily women, we knew this would require having family friendly … Read More
Honoring Black History Month
At Family Friendly New Mexico, we’ve been asking ourselves some big questions as we deepen our commitment to anti-racism. In honor of Black History Month, our team took some time to share how are each showing up in that work. We are sharing this with our community to offer our own reflections on what it means to stay committed. We know that it calls for transparency and vulnerability in sharing that we don’t have all the answers and that we remain committed to continue listening, learning and working toward common goals. Read below for personal reflections from our team: Felicia … Read More
Virtual Workshop – Workplace Well-Being: Supporting Employees To Thrive in Remote Workplace Settings
Family Friendly NM Virtual Workshop Workplace Well-Being: Supporting Employees To Thrive in Remote Workplace Settings TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021 12:00PM – 1:00PM COST: $25 Online and virtual training Workplace Well-Being: Supporting Employees To Thrive in Remote Workplace Settings This workshop will: Address how employers can support employee well-being, foster employee engagement and enhance employee experience through work-life integration practices Share and evaluate practices that strengthen the commitment to building/maintaining a thriving and energized workforce Share and evaluate strategies to increase employee engagement in an evolving workplace amidst a pandemic Share three practices that will strengthen the commitment to creating a … Read More
Remote Workplace Well-Being – What’s Possible?
For many people, 2020 introduced them to remote work. This meant meeting deadlines, communicating with colleagues and customers and managing projects all while integrating the reality of school and community restrictions due to the health pandemic. As we know, this took a toll on the physical and mental health of our employees. Now, nearly two-thirds of U.S. workers who have been working remotely during the pandemic would like to continue to do so (source: Gallup), which presents two interesting challenges: how can employers meet the needs of their remote workers, and how can employees contribute to their own well-being, while … Read More
Awardee Spotlight: Amplified Therapy
Awardee Spotlight Amplified Therapy Family Friendly New Mexico is featuring award recipients that really stand out from the crowd. January 2021, we interviewed Autumn Bruton, Chief Executive Officer/President of Amplified Therapy and celebrate their efforts in creating a family friendly workplace! from the very beginning, we have always been working towards creating an excellent company that is family friendlyAutumn Bruton Why have you decided to have family friendly workplace policies? When I started Amplified Therapy, I wanted to create a company that would attract an excellent workforce. Being a working Mom, I tried to build policies from my previous work … Read More