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2014 Program Timeline

 

August 2013 -
January 2014
Program promotion and awareness campaign.

January 24, 2014

Participation registration deadline. Confirmation of registration will be sent within 24 hours. Companies will then receive an invoice within 15 days. Payment is due within 30 days of invoice receipt.

Registered companies choosing to withdraw from the process (by contacting a Best Companies Group representative) may do so by this date without incurring a withdrawal fee.
January 29, 2014
An online Web link for the Email Upload Portal is emailed to the primary contact at each company to upload employee email addresses for survey distribution. The deadline to upload the file containing the email addresses is January 31 (online option only).

Deadline to submit the Employee Eligibility Check List (paper option only).
Deadline to submit all employee survey customization requests (optional).
Deadline to submit requests for alternate language surveys (if applicable).
Deadline to request surveying additional employees (beyond the random sample or outside of Illinois).
January 31, 2014
Deadline to submit employee email addresses to BCG via the Email Upload Portal. This is also the deadline to request any access codes for employees without company email addresses (online option only).
January 31, 2014

An online Web link for the BCG Employer Questionnaire will be emailed to the primary contact at each of the registered companies.

February 7, 2014

Paper version of the employee survey and postage-paid return envelopes are shipped via UPS to the primary contact at participating companies for distribution (paper option only).

February 14, 2014

Completed Employer Questionnaires are due.

February 21, 2014

Online Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Survey invitations are sent via email (online option only).

February 26, 2014

Deadline for paper version of the employee survey (paper option only).

March 7, 2014

Deadline for all online employee surveys (online option only).

April 2014

BCG prepares and issues notification letters to the participants.

May 2014

The BCG Employee Feedback Reports are sent to participating companies. Only the Demographic and Comments Reports are sent at this time.

May 2014

Publication and event date for “Best Places to Work in Illinois.”

The BCG Employee Benchmark Report and BCG Employer Benchmark Summary are emailed to participating companies after this date.

 

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