Family-friendly benefits and programs that help keep working moms’ careers on track have mored forward in the 25 years since the launch of Working Mother’s first Best Companies list. Now Working Mother 100 Best Companies offer programs that help all employees with their struggles to gain some work-life balance. Here’s what we have found.

Twenty-five years ago, Working Mother made a bold decision to launch our first Best Companies initiative. The magazine was six years old, covering the immense influx of women into the workforce at the exact moment that American businesses were trying to reinvent themselves to survive yet more economic turmoil. That’s when we challenged companies to address the unique needs of working mothers. Today, we celebrate our winners’ continued commitment to their employees through an ever-increasing array of family-friendly benefits.

The new class of Working Mother 100 Best Companies sets the bar higher than ever before, each one offering a menu of benefits including formal and informal flexibility–with flextime, telecommuting and temporary part-time work options, to name only a few.

Showing just how well these companies continue to respond to the needs of working mothers at all stages of their lives, all winners also provide private lactation rooms as well as help finding elder-care services. We congratulate two companies that have been on our list from the beginning: IBM and Johnson & Johnson. As we celebrate the silver anniversary of the Working Mother 100 Best Companies, we look forward to another 25 years of celebrating businesses that give working moms the benefits they need to make their careers and family lives work.

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Can’t figure out what to buy your Mom for Mother’s Day? You are not alone! Many people have been spending weeks or even months, searching for that one great gift for their Mother for Mothers Day.

Stop spending your time searching for that one perfect gift! We have done all the research and have put together lots of great ideas to help you find that perfect gift. Better yet, we have found lots of great gifts, so save this list and use it to find gifts for Mom for many years to come!

Here is our list of perfect Mothers Day gifts:

- Fresh Flowers. What can be better than fresh flowers? Flowers have been perfect gifts for centuries, and Mom still enjoy receiving flowers today! Give Mom flowers this Mothers Day, you know she will love them!

Which flowers should you buy for your Mother? The answer to this question is very subjective. We recommend going with the flowers that your Mother likes – carnations, roses, orchids, lilies or a combination of some of them. The important thing is to pick the ones she likes.

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