Register your company for 2021 Top Workplaces honors

Nov. 20 deadline for 13 eligible counties; enter online or by phone

There’s still time to enter your employer to be considered for 2021 Top Workplaces honors, which will be the 10th year of the program.

The Times Union will continue to accept registrations through Nov. 20, 2020

Do you know of or work for a company that is making a difference in its employees’ lives and for the betterment of the Capital Region? One that has risen to the occasion of supporting workers by being flexible, providing the training and management support they need — whether navigating the monumental shifts of 2020 or just as a matter of course? Where employees are empowered to make decisions and appreciated for all their contributions, not just those that are calculated easily in the bottom line?

We want to hear about it and encourage you to enter any such workplace, whether you’re an employee, manager, owner, customer.

Registering an employer is easy: Just go to http://timesunion.com/nominate or call 518-636-0132. (A FAQ with complete details on the program is available on the nomination site.)

Any organization with 35 or more employees in the greater Capital Region is eligible to participate — including public, private, nonprofit and government workplaces. Eligible counties are Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington.

To choose winners, short, 24-statement employee surveys will be conducted by Energage, the Times Union’s research partner in this project. Energage conducts Top Workplaces surveys for media in 51 markets and surveyed more than 2 million employees at more than 7,000 organizations in 2019.

Companies will be surveyed through December.

Employers then will be ranked in small, medium and large categories. The winners will be announced in a special report to be published in April 2021, and if the coronavirus

pandemic has subsided, a springtime cocktail party at Albany Capital Center will also celebrate honorees.

The Times Union Top Workplaces is more than an awards program. It aims to provide

helpful feedback to employers, no matter where they rank.

Participation is free and voluntary. Employers can pay Energage for more detailed evaluations, but there is no obligation.

Provided photo Engineering firm the Chazen Companies, named to the 2020 Times Union Top Workplaces list, takes part in the Canstruction exhibit at the New York State Museum.