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workplace child careLearning About Workplace Child CareWhile you are raising your children, you need some great information and resources on the right way to do it. You will find that there is a lot of information out there. But not all of it is useful. You will find this information on workplace child care is very helpful, and something that you can use. More and more companies are recognizing that providing benefits such as workplace child care centers are beneficial to the company because of increased production and decreased absence. Large companies were the first to experiment with this, and although more companies have began to provide workplace child care, it still has a long ways to go before it benefits all employees. Child care facilities at the workplace have not only increased production, they have increased employee loyalty, and lowered the turn over rates dramatically. If an employee is happy and less stressed they are more likely to stay with a company. And let's face it child care can be stressful. In 1986 there was an estimated 1000 workplace child care centers mostly provided by universities, government agencies, and hospitals. Since then these numbers are estimated to have tripled but you can see that still leaves plenty of room for growth. Providing child care for employees can be an expensive proposition. With the cost of the building, equipping the building, and staffing the facility costs can quickly grow, however most companies that have undertaken this task feel they have gotten good value for their investment. Lost production as a result of absence and the cost of training have dropped dramatically due to less lost time and less employees leaving. The cost of child care is still the biggest problem for parents in the work force. It is estimated that a quarter of a person's income goes to child care. Flex hours helps reduce this cost somewhat but fewer than 20% of all employers have a flex plan. In a recent survey when parents were asked how important workplace child care was, 93% said it was very important. 25% of people said they turned down management opportunities because they valued their current workplace child care. Corporate America needs to pay attention to what the current and future work force finds important. Companies that offer workplace child care centers have also found that it is much easier to recruit top skilled employees. In fact in 42% of those interviewed it was the child care that made them choose to work for that company. For those working in a company that are management material and likely to be promoted, studies found that 65% of them accepted the advancement and stayed with the company because of the workplace child care program. The US Department of Labor Women's Bureau says that the traditional family of stay at home mom and working dad make up only 13.... Page 2: Learning About Workplace Child Care Related Articles Once you've conducted preliminary interviews, short list the potential babysitters that are left. Then have them come to your home and spend some time with the children. You should duck out to a position where you can see and hear but where neither the children nor the sitter can see you. ... |
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