https://blog.hr360.com/five-childcare-benefits-for-working-parents?hs_preview=nsCFdLqh-8162917115. 0:06 Time and again, working parents identify childcare as their top concern. As a manager, you recognize that the benefits you offer have a strong effect on how job candidates view your company. Your ability to attract working parents may come down to whether you offer childcare help as a benefit.. 0:41 Indeed, childcare can be a crippling expense for working parents, with costs for at-home care averaging more than $28,000 a year in the United States. Easing this burden with strong workplace initiatives can help you attract and retain employees. The following strategies can enhance your appeal to employees with children.. 1:03 Paid time off is often used to attract talent, especially millennials. However, it should also be pitched as a family-friendly benefit to working parents. Parents need time off for things like children’s medical appointments, unexpected illnesses, family vacations, and school events. Generous PTO and flexible scheduling make juggling work and home life much easier for families.. 1:28 This option may be expensive; it will also require considerable buy-in from management. However, on-site care addresses many concerns shared by working parents and could prove to be a “make-or-break” retention benefit for your workforce. Research shows that employees perform better and come to work more regularly when using on-site childcare. Employees also report that on-site childcare improves their ability to concentrate on their jobs.. 1:55 On-site childcare may not be possible. But consider enticing working parents by paying a portion of off-site childcare costs. With childcare ranking as one of largest expenses working families face, offering a subsidy can tip the scales in your favor when employees are weighing career options.. 2:15 Even if you can’t afford on-site childcare or a subsidy, you can still help. Consider offering childcare support by establishing a resource network for your employees with children. Gather recommendations and information about local childcare providers and options, and make it readily available.. 2:33 Many working parents find it hard to balance work and home life, especially after the birth of their first child. This stress can take a toll on their emotional health and work performance. You can help employees navigate this challenging time by offering counseling through an employee assistance program. An EAP is a voluntary, work-based program that offers free and confidential assessments, short-term counseling, referrals, and follow-up services to employees. EAPs address a broad and complex body of issues affecting mental and emotional wellbeing. You can choose the right EAP vendor for your organization’s needs and tailor the program to your workforce. EAPs are usually entirely paid for by the employer. Their benefits are offered to employees as well as their families.. 3:24 Every working parent is different. No one solution can address all your employees’ needs. But recognizing the importance of childcare is essential. Offering support and solutions can go a long way toward attracting and retaining valued employees.. 3:41 Thank you for joining us today. To learn more about employee benefits and how to comply with state and federal HR laws, visit us online at HR360.com
In most of the country, child care is the most expensive part of the family budget. Infant care now costs more than state college tuition in many places. But while it might demand a luxury price, offering important advantages to kids, it’s an imperative for working parents. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on how the strain of paying for care cuts across class and income lines.
Raising a child is a wonderfully beautiful thing. But it’ll cost you. In our latest episode of The Cost of Being a Woman, mommy-to-be Anna Jimenez Lyle, explores the expense of childcare, and how it impacts women in the workforce.. With The Cost of Being a Woman, we’ve set out to explore the circumstances under which women are expected to pay up (all of them) and how it affects our lives. Watch previous episodes here:. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG8Rnf78qVIErMlpZDho6vRkBZv6ADOYi. SUBSCRIBE to ELLE http://bit.ly/SubscribeToELLE
This video describes changes in the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 that ensure greater continuity in child care. Continuity in child care is not only an essential support to working parents, but is also an important economic support for businesses and the community.. . Frequent changes in child care can contribute to higher levels of distress and negative behavior in young children, negatively affect social development, and disrupt learning. Stable child care creates secure conditions for healthy development and early learning which, in turn, results in better educational and developmental outcomes.. Parents without stable child care are more likely to miss work and lose their jobs. Absenteeism and employee turnover results in added costs businesses and to the economy. Reliable child care enables parents to make sustained commitments to work, job training, and further education. The new law establishes a minimum 12-month subsidy eligibility determination period. Families will be required to reapply for assistance no more frequently than once a year. Previously, the median subsidy eligibility period ranged from six to seven months across all states. The new reauthorization period ensures that assistance is not contingent on stationary income. It supports economic growth, rather than discouraging working families. Parents will no longer fear losing their child care assistance because of increased wages or earnings. The new law creates a real incentive for economic self-sufficiency.. The law also includes other important protections for families, including provisions for continued assistance during a job search, a graduated phase-out to ease families off assistance, and assurance that eligibility policies do not unduly disrupt parents’ employment.. The new law also benefits child care providers. Sudden changes in enrollment caused by families’ loss of subsidies have been a constant challenge for providers whose own financial stability is often at stake. The new law minimizes disruptions to the continuity of providers’ business operations.
This interactive webinar session focused on the supports needed by FCC Providers. Presented as part of the Virtual Infant/Toddler & School-Age Child Care (ITSACC) Institute, it examined state policies, systems, and technical assistance strategies that assist FCC providers in providing high-quality care to children within mixed-age groups.. We accept comments in the spirit of our comment policy: https://www.hhs.gov/web/socialmedia/policies/comment-policy.html
High-quality child care helps parents work and children get a good start. But this care is expensive and can be hard to find. This short video profiles three working moms who know this struggle all too well. It’s time for lawmakers to increase funding for child care assistance so that families can thrive.
In the U.S., child care was expensive and difficult to obtain long before the pandemic. But coronavirus has closed schools, forced parents to work from home and shuttered some care facilities for good. With COVID-19 surging in much of the country, many parents may not be able to return to the workforce full-time. Paul Solman reports on the dilemma they face and its economic repercussions.. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG. Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6. Follow us: Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour. Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour. Snapchat: @pbsnews. Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts. Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe
Without child care, work and family are impossible May 19, 2020 8.16am EDT. Shauna Shames, Rutgers I have a Ph.D. from Harvard and a 20-month-old child. Without child car.
It’s not a work-family conflict; it is a lack of high-quality, low-cost child care. Framing the problem otherwise damages the ability to enact good solutions. It also makes a lot of goo. It’s not a work-family conflict; it is a lack of high-quality, low-cost child care. Framing the problem otherwise damages the ability to enact good solutions.
It also makes a lot of good, hardworking parents feel enduring guilt over a problem that isn’t theirs alone to solve. It’s not a work-family conflict; it is a lack of high-quality, low-cost child care. Framing the problem otherwise damages the ability to enact good solutions.
It also makes a lot of goo. The Oasis Reporters May 19, 2020 Work and family, without good childcare, are mutually exclusive.Getty/Malte Mueller Shauna Shames, Rutgers University I have a Ph.D. from Harvard and a 20-month-old child. Without child care, life revolves around the toddler. I am a political science professor and researcher, but lacking child care, I count myself lucky to work a few hours each day. I am increasingly.
It’s not a work-family conflict; it is a lack of high-quality, low-cost child care. Framing the problem otherwise damages the ability to enact good solutions. It also makes a lot of good, hardworking parents feel enduring guilt over a problem that isn’t theirs alone to solve. It’s not a work-family conflict; it is a lack of high-quality, low-cost child care. Framing the problem otherwise damages the ability to enact good solutions.
It also makes a lot of good, hardworking parents feel enduring guilt over a problem that isn’t theirs alone to solve. It’s not a work-family conflict; it is a lack of high-quality, low-cost child care. Framing the problem otherwise damages the ability to enact good solutions. It also makes a lot of goo. Excerpted from the article I have a Ph.D. from Harvard and a 20-month-old child.
Without child care, life revolves around the toddler. I am a political science professor and researcher, but lacking child care, I count myself lucky to work a few hours each day. I am increasingly aware there is no such thing as the so-called work/family conflict.
You can’t afford spiraling child-care costs, but you can’t afford not to work. Either way, you have no financial safety net. You’re scared, mad, and second-guessing your choices.
We hear you.
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Working couples sometimes find they can reshape their work hours (at least temporarily) and cover a bigger portion of child care themselves.
It is true (by definition) that sufficiently well staffed and loving day care is as good as maternal care, but the very question at issue is whether children can get sufficient attention anywhere but home.
This is not to suggest that mothers should not work full time, but rather to point out the unrealistic expectations and unbalanced workloads our culture places on this one family role.
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Parents pay to much for daycare workers just go get pay a little over min wage even with a degree you still ain’t making a lot of money I work at daycare and low income one where they would charge $150-180 per week per child.
We pay almost 2,000/ mo in the SF Bay Area. We can just manage it, but there’s no way if we have 2! I was considering taking more time off next time but this gives me pause. My work and career are important to me and I shouldn’t take this hit. It’s so unfair for women to have to make these choices that’s why the systemic changes you talk about are so important!! Thanks for this video.
I was lucky to had been a stay-at-home-mom for 8 years, however it REALLY HURT my resume. However, once each of my kids went to school, I was able to do in-home daycare. It is easy to get certified, depending on your location. I also was a certified personal trainer, which was two hours a day at night during my gym-time, and was able to work-out at the same time getting paid. I also made my own schedule, so it worked out. However, with that I was able to bring in some income to keep me sane. I got lucky when another working mother took a chance with me based off of my determination to work and hired me. Then two years later I became a supervisor. So I never had to pay for childcare, and learned to make some money to do make money with my time at home, and helped parents save some money.
Having children is a choice and a sacrifice that usually the woman has to make. So employers should be responsible for our lifestyle choices? And automatically get on board to spare the woman her earning potential?
Yes ladies you can have it all. You can dump your child in daycare, pay them all your wages and never see your child or stay home, make no money, lose your career and resent your child. So you can have it all, but it will cost you.
Getting your child into pre-school in NYC is nearly impossible. It’s more competitive than the college process. There’s small doc that touches on the subject. Nursery University
My husband and I are millennials and we have 4 young girls under 10. I have been a stay at home mom since my oldest was born. I went to college, I loved working and I had every intention to return to work once my kids went back to school. But now “Summer Childcare” for 3 months for 4 kids would be more per month then I made when working. ALSO my job didn’t offer enough PTO. Between Summers off, sick days, snow days, Holiday breaks, we didn’t have childcare for those days. I tho have zero regrets being home because I love it. I do however want my girls to have the option to follow their dreams rather that be careers and or motherhood. My husband makes a good income. Being home is a huge privilege for me (and my husband admits for him too as it allowed him to pursue all job opportunities and not have to worry about childcare) We also recognize that many parents today don’t have the option to have a parent home so there needs to be better and more affordable options for parents.
I live in SE Michigan and our local school run daycare in our district is 1200-1400 bucks a month for a toddler. Around 1000 for Pre-K aged kiddo.
Wow I am glad NZ has subsidies for childcare. Some income related, some not. Was paying about $200 NZD a week after subsidies for good/average childcare fulltime ( included food + nappies ).
@ 6:46 Well that’s pretty baller, and they just rereleased all (10?) of the HP / Fantastic Beasts movies in 4k. Dunno if a 2yo will sit through that, but yeah!
The importance of removing dad from the childs life as a condition of the counties gorging their fat beaucratic budgets by theft and use of fraudulent income with holding
Parents pay to much for daycare workers just go get pay a little over min wage even with a degree you still ain’t making a lot of money I work at daycare and low income one where they would charge $150-180 per week per child.
We pay almost 2,000/ mo in the SF Bay Area. We can just manage it, but there’s no way if we have 2! I was considering taking more time off next time but this gives me pause. My work and career are important to me and I shouldn’t take this hit. It’s so unfair for women to have to make these choices that’s why the systemic changes you talk about are so important!! Thanks for this video.
I was lucky to had been a stay-at-home-mom for 8 years, however it REALLY HURT my resume. However, once each of my kids went to school, I was able to do in-home daycare. It is easy to get certified, depending on your location. I also was a certified personal trainer, which was two hours a day at night during my gym-time, and was able to work-out at the same time getting paid. I also made my own schedule, so it worked out. However, with that I was able to bring in some income to keep me sane. I got lucky when another working mother took a chance with me based off of my determination to work and hired me. Then two years later I became a supervisor. So I never had to pay for childcare, and learned to make some money to do make money with my time at home, and helped parents save some money.
Having children is a choice and a sacrifice that usually the woman has to make. So employers should be responsible for our lifestyle choices? And automatically get on board to spare the woman her earning potential?
Yes ladies you can have it all. You can dump your child in daycare, pay them all your wages and never see your child or stay home, make no money, lose your career and resent your child. So you can have it all, but it will cost you.
Getting your child into pre-school in NYC is nearly impossible. It’s more competitive than the college process. There’s small doc that touches on the subject. Nursery University
My husband and I are millennials and we have 4 young girls under 10. I have been a stay at home mom since my oldest was born. I went to college, I loved working and I had every intention to return to work once my kids went back to school. But now “Summer Childcare” for 3 months for 4 kids would be more per month then I made when working. ALSO my job didn’t offer enough PTO. Between Summers off, sick days, snow days, Holiday breaks, we didn’t have childcare for those days.
I tho have zero regrets being home because I love it. I do however want my girls to have the option to follow their dreams rather that be careers and or motherhood. My husband makes a good income. Being home is a huge privilege for me (and my husband admits for him too as it allowed him to pursue all job opportunities and not have to worry about childcare)
We also recognize that many parents today don’t have the option to have a parent home so there needs to be better and more affordable options for parents.
I live in SE Michigan and our local school run daycare in our district is 1200-1400 bucks a month for a toddler. Around 1000 for Pre-K aged kiddo.
Wow I am glad NZ has subsidies for childcare. Some income related, some not. Was paying about $200 NZD a week after subsidies for good/average childcare fulltime ( included food + nappies ).
I think the pay and job security should be the one who decides who stays home…. who earns more and will provide more… better life
@ 6:46 Well that’s pretty baller, and they just rereleased all (10?) of the HP / Fantastic Beasts movies in 4k. Dunno if a 2yo will sit through that, but yeah!
The importance of removing dad from the childs life as a condition of the counties gorging their fat beaucratic budgets by theft and use of fraudulent income with holding
Anyone else like the little sociopath kid at the end pushing his friend down? It’s a long way to the top and that kid is going places. haha