On Tuesday, at a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Clarendon [Pawtucket-based Embolden, and two other local employers] were given the 2006 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.

The Alfred P. Sloan Awards are part of the When Work Works project...led by the Families and Work Institute in New York City.

“This award is one of the most rigorous in the country,” said Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute, in a news release.

At Embolden, President Ann-Marie Harrington said “employers with progressive work policies definitely have an edge over those that don’t. In general, employees are working harder and longer, so flexibility in the workplace enables them to have more control over managing this work load.”