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How Employers Can Help Employees Meet Child-care Needs? https://lnkd.in/enQTiiYN For working parents, a lack of affordability and a provider shortage have made finding quality child care challenging at best, and nearly impossible for many. #Childcare #WorkingMoms #WorkingParents

For working parents, a lack of affordability and a provider shortage have made finding quality child care challenging at best, and nearly impossible for many. With too few resources available, a desperate workforce is turning to their employers for anything resembling help. Are employers up to the challenge? #EmployeeBenefits #Childcare #WorkingParents #BenefitsAdministration

“Skyrocketing child care costs and staffing shortages have complicated arrangements for working parents. Some have left jobs after struggling to find quality care. Employers, in turn, view their entry into the child care realm as both a competitive advantage and a workplace morale booster.” This 👏 is 👏 what 👏 we’ve 👏 been 👏 saying 👏 all 👏 along 👏 Read more : https://bit.ly/4ayCfGE #plusonemeetings #childcare #childcarebenefits #workingparents #benefits #parents #hr #support #workforce #worklifeintegration #workbenefits #humanresources

"Providing a benefit that helps families find care when they need it, especially in those critical patch times — whether it's a nanny cancellation or a couple of weeks when you're in between daycare and preschool — engenders goodwill from employees and increases retention." Our CEO, Lynn Perkins, spoke with Employee Benefit News about the urgent need for collaborative solutions to the child care crisis facing working parents. 👨👩👧👦 The conversation goes beyond UrbanSitter—it's about how we, as a society and business community, can come together to address this critical challenge. Let's bring child care to the forefront of employee benefits discussions. 💼 👀 Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gAiBrdDC #childcare #employeebenefits #wellness #workingparents #childcarecrisis

With child care centers closing rapidly in North Carolina, parents must choose: pay a fortune, find alternative arrangements or leave the workforce. How is the cost of child care impacting your career? #northcarolina #childcare #childcarecrisis #parenting #workforce #daycare

Families aren't the only ones paying the high price of child care. The cost to employers is steep. #Childcare shortages contribute to increased absenteeism, tardiness, reduced productivity, turnover — and talent scarcity when parents make the economic decision to leave the workforce. The good news is that resources are available for #Michigan parents and employers. The bad news is that money is being left on the table. Our recent survey of West Michigan employers revealed employers need support to navigate the childcare landscape. That’s why we developed a toolkit to help guide our members through their options. We examined those options in our recent Spotlight Series event: https://lnkd.in/gh6vjyNN

Wow! The total cost to raise a child from age 2-12 is more than $225,000 in 10 cities. That's over $22,500/year! It's no wonder working parents are struggling. It's time for employers to take action! According to study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), employers offering Child Care Benefits to support parents delivered returns of 90% to 425%. With TOOTRiS, you can launch comprehensive turn-key benefits nationwide in as little as 10 days - with no HR admin required. Where does your city rank? What are you doing to support your working parents? #childcarebenefits #hrbenefits #childcare https://lnkd.in/dAT6mikP

What's the #1 thing missing in caregiving from #earlychildhoodeducation to #seniorcare? WAGES! It's not that we have too few people who want to work in supporting children, families, seniors. It's that these employees can't afford to stay in these professions. With unsustainable wages, these workers move on, forcing the system to hire the next batch of temporary workers that we continue to pay at a low wage. The result? As workers leave the system, facilities close and raise prices, ultimately depressing our economy as families can't find the support they need or are forced to turn to a desperate search for gig workers in a everyone-for-themselves market. Employees who are paid enough to stay in those jobs build expertise, and improve the quality of caregiving. The provide a steady flow of reliable qualified work. Not to mention the incredibly important care, support and education that they provide daily. But where do funds come from? Demographic population growth shows we need something larger to addresses needs at both ends of age spectrum. We need #policy and #innovativesolutions to de-risk caregiving. Turn this into a #profession that one can see themselves working in for their whole lives. And uplift society. Read this insightful article for more! #wagesandsalaries #economicgrowth #childcare #seniorcare #legislation #aiforgood #earlychildhoodeducation #employeesmatter https://lnkd.in/gRx2cKU8

Nationwide, mothers are being forced to choose between pursuing their careers or providing their kids with quality #childcare. We as a country need to do better by them. This feature in The Hechinger Report does a deep dive into the U.S. childcare system, which often forces working women— particularly those who earn low or middle incomes—to give up their jobs and stay at home because what they earn isn’t enough to cover childcare. This should not be the case in 2024, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Our leaders must invest in funding affordable, accessible childcare for all caregivers! https://lnkd.in/eqUdSHun

Across the country, parents are being forced out of the workforce due to difficulties in finding affordable child care. A 2022 National Survey of Children’s Health found that over 1 in 10 young children had a parent, mostly mothers, who had to quit, decline, or change work hours due to child care issues. Learn more about why quality child care is crucial for workforce support from The Hechinger Report below. #childcarecrisis #childcare #larimercounty