Workplace Options President Alan King Voted Onto Distinguished Human Resources Top 100 List

Workplace Options President Alan King Voted Onto Distinguished Human Resources Top 100 List

Alan King, president of Workplace Options (WPO), the world's largest provider of work-life employee benefits, has been recognized by HR's elite and named to the HR Top 100 Most Influential list in the United Kingdom.

Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) June 22, 2007

Alan King, president of Workplace Options (WPO), the world's largest provider of work life employee benefits (http://www. workplaceoptions. com/offer_worklife. asp), has been recognized by HR's elite and named to the HR Top 100 Most Influential list in the United Kingdom (http://www. humanresourcesmagazine. com/news/index. cfm? fuseaction=fulldetails&newsUID=66e97317-dbef-4fa9-8ca9-64a2d4b9b76c).

Mr. King has been with WPO for five years. Prior to this position, he was Vice President of Resource Services for Ceridian's LifeWorks division, where he oversaw the resource and referral, provider relations, external training, quality, and customer service functions. He joined Ceridian in 1998, as a result of its acquisition of Work Family Directions, where he was responsible for resource and referral, and central database functions.

"We congratulate Alan on his achievement and we're very proud to have him as part of the Workplace Options team," said Dean Debnam (http://www. workplaceoptions. com/about_management. asp), CEO of Workplace Options.

WPO, which is celebrating it's 25th year anniversary in 2007, spans four continents and 80 countries, offering customizable solutions for all aspects of an employee's life -- including childcare, elder care, financial, legal, wellness, identity threat recovery, training, concierge services and more. In June 2006, WPO acquired Employee Advisory Resource (EAR) in London, one of the UK's largest providers of employee effectiveness services. Also, in early 2007, WPO acquired Dublin's EAP Solutions, further extending its worldwide network of providers.

Note to Editors: Alan King is available for interviews.

About Workplace Options

Founded in 1982, Workplace Options (WPO) is America's largest provider of work-life services. WPO's market leading products are recognized for their innovative web delivery, flexibility and affordable pricing. Through its emindhealth division, WPO offers network management solutions that help EAP's run their businesses more profitably and efficiently. WPO's United Kingdom division, Employee Advisory Resource (EAR), is a premier provider of work-life services in Europe and offers EAP clients access to an expansive network of behavioral health providers throughout Europe and the World. Learn more at www. workplaceoptions. com.

About The Top 100 Most Influential in HR List

The Top 100 Most Influential in HR is a list voted for by Human Resource magazine's readers. The order of the 100 is then ranked by those on it, with each entrant able to vote for up to 10 peers, not including themselves. The list is widely considered to be the most rigorous and definitive list of HR professionals in the UK.

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