CHALLENGEAlston & Bird LLP actively sought to further support the dependent care needsof its workforce.

SOLUTIONAlston & Bird opened a full-service childcare center at its headquarters, joinedconsortium centers, and enrolled in theBack-Up Care Advantage Program.

BENEFITSt Increased recruitment, retention, and

advancement of working parents

t Extended the firm’s commitment to its diverse workforce

t Established the firm as an employerof choice and solidified their reputation in Atlanta

t Gained recognition, including beingnamed eight times on FORTUNE’s“100 Best Companies to Work For inAmerica” list, placement on WorkingMother’s best law firms for womenlist, and Georgia Child CareCouncil’s “Business of the Year”

RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROMBACK-UP CARE

t Employee days saved in one year: 676

t Savings from reduction in absenteeism: $250,458

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Alston & Bird LLPExecutive Summary

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CHALLENGEAward-winning law firm Alston & Bird has earned a reputation as an innovative, technology-driven, forward-thinking organization.The firm employs more than 750 attorneys providing a full rangeof services to domestic and international clients all over theworld. Alston & Bird’s practice areas include corporate andfinance, intellectual property, litigation, and tax. Alston & Birdoperates on several core values: collegiality, teamwork, firm loyalty,diversity, individual satisfaction, fairness, and professional development. Commitment to the whole employee is embeddedin the fiber of the firm, which has provided back-up child carethrough a consortium for its employees since the early 1990s. Yet, Alston & Bird actively pursued strategies for extendingwork/life benefits for its entire employee population, not only to remain an employer of choice, but to evolve their work/life program and continue to showcase their core values.

SOLUTIONA new tax credit issued by the state of Georgia in 1999 providedthe opportunity Alston & Bird was seeking. The state increasedthe tax credit for employers who sponsor child care for theiremployees. Alston & Bird previously researched the possibility ofproviding child care; however, the tax credit made the decisionmore financially feasible. They hired Bright Horizons’ ConsultingPractice to evaluate what type of child care would best suit theiremployee population — both attorneys and staff. Alston & Birddetermined that a full-service center at its Atlanta location wasthe best choice. When it opened in 2001, The Children’sCampus at Alston & Bird was the first of its kind in Atlanta, and Alston & Bird was one of the first law firms in the country to offer an on-site full-service child care center.

Yet Alston & Bird wanted to provide a high-quality child careoption for its other offices, too. With the Consulting Practice’sfeedback, they determined that back-up care through a consortiumcenter would best fulfill the needs of its employees in New YorkCity, Washington, D.C., and Charlotte, North Carolina. Enrollmentin Bright Horizons’ Back-Up Care Advantage Program completedtheir dependent care strategy, providing employees a desired at-home child care option as well as high-quality elder care services.

RESULTSProviding employees with a breadth of dependent care solutions hasfostered tangible results for Alston & Bird, including:

t Increased recruitment, retention, and advancement of working parents

t Extension of the firm’s commitment to providing resourcesthat reflect and support their diverse workforce

t Establishment of firm as an employer of choice in the legalindustry, as well as the furthering of its favored reputationin the city of Atlanta

t Prestigious recognition, including being named eight times as one of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For in America,” number one on Working Mothermagazine’s list of law firms with the best child care benefits,and “Business of the Year” by the Georgia Child CareCouncil

t A savings from reduction in absenteeism of $250,458

ABOUT ALSTON & BIRD LLPAlston & Bird LLP is the second largest law firm in Atlanta and the 43rd largest in theUnited States. Headquartered in midtown Atlanta, the firm has more than 750 attorneysproviding a full range of services to domestic and international clients conducting businessall over the world. Counseling clients from what was initially a local context to regional,then national, and now a global economic environment, Alston & Bird has overlaid itsbroad range of legal skills and business knowledge with a commitment to innovation and technology.

ABOUT BRIGHT HORIZONSBright Horizons Family Solutions is the world’s leading provider of employer-sponsoredchild care, back-up care, early education, and work/life solutions. Conducting business inthe United States, Europe, and Canada, Bright Horizons manages child care centers formore than 700 leading employers.

”“I’ve used the in-home care option multiple times, both when my children have been well and mildly sick. I’ve been so happy with the responsiveness,

and the quality of caregivers has been exceptional.– An Alston & Bird employee

For more information about Bright Horizons Family Solutions, call 800-324-4386 ext. 1600 or e-mail clientservices@brighthorizons.com.

200 Talcott Avenue, South t Watertown, MA t 02472 t www.brighthorizons.com

METHODOLOGYEmployee Days Saved: Actual center uses by employees.

Savings from Reduced Absenteeism: Number of Days Saved x 75% (% of time employees would have missed work without back-up care) x Average Salary.

©2008, Bright Horizons, L.P.