UBS Named One of the '100 Best Companies for Working Mothers'

To apply, UBS provided Working Mother magazine with detailedinformation on eight areas of work/life including: childcare, culture,flexibility, parental leave, women's advancement, total compensation,work/life culture, and family-friendly programs. UBS completed a550-question application, the most rigorous of its kind, which checkedthe availability, tracking and usage of programs to support workingmothers, the accountability of managers to implement programs and thesuccessful advancement of women into top paying jobs, board positionsand management ranks.

Some of the services that UBS offers that were acknowledged byWorking Mother include UBS's efforts to identify, hire and develop adiverse pool of talent as well as elevating the presence of the firm'sinternal employee networks including the addition of a Working ParentsNetwork focused on bringing employees together to share parentingexperiences, solutions resources and advice.

"We are extremely proud to have been named to Working Mother'slist for the third consecutive year. It is a real testament to theongoing commitment UBS has for ensuring the success of workingmothers," said Mona Lau, Managing Director and Global Head ofDiversity at UBS. "It is also important to acknowledge that many ofthese programs for which we have been recognized, not only benefitworking mother, but also working fathers and their families."

UBS is one of the world's leading financial firms. As anorganization, it combines financial strength with a culture thatembraces change. UBS is the world's largest wealth manager, a top tierinvestment banking and securities firm, and a key global assetmanager. In Switzerland, UBS is the market leader in retail andcommercial banking. UBS, headquartered in Zurich and Basel, is presentin all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in 50countries and employs 69,000 people worldwide.