Family-Friendly Is Business-Friendly

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These Top 10 Policies speak to benefits for families and their positive impact on business’ profitability.

Policy 1
Company-Paid Health Care Coverage
CORE BENEFITS

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80% of employees would choose additional benefits over a pay raise and 88% of participants ranked better health, dental and vision insurance as the top benefits priority for employees.

Source: (GlassdoorFRACTL)

Policy 2
Paid Time Off
CORE BENEFITS

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Unlimited vacation time eliminates vacation liability for companies an average of $1,898 per employee.

Source: (FRACTL)

Policy 3
Parental Leave
CORE BENEFITS

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First-time mothers who use some form of paid leave are 32% less likely to quit their jobs before or after childbirth and are 19% more likely to return to the same employer after leave.

Employers report that paid family leave either maintained or increased employee productivity (89%), profitability/performance (91%), turnover (96%) and employee morale (99%).

Source: (Impaq International and Institute for Women’s Policy Research and Scientific American)

Policy 4
Nursing Benefits
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Competitive Advantage/ROI Research

Employers who support women who choose to breastfeed have more satisfied and loyal employees, which can also result in higher productivity.

Source: (Science Direct)

Policy 5
“Best Place” Designation
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

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Compared to their competitors, great workplaces win when it comes to revenue growth, employee retention, productivity, innovation, resilience, agility, customer service, and employee engagement.

Source: (Fortune)

Policy 6
Onsite Child Care
FAMILY RESOURCES

Competitive Advantage/ROI Research

When businesses provide childcare for employees, employee absences decrease by 30% and job turnover declines by as much as 60%.

Source: (BridgeCare)

Policy 7
Child Care Assistance
FAMILY RESOURCES

Competitive Advantage/ROI Research

Employers that offer Dependent Care FSAs can save up to $382.50 per employee. (For an employer with 100 employees participating in the full $5,000 FSA, that employer would save $38,200 per year.)

Source: (Child Care & Parent Productivity)

Policy 8
Backup Child Care
FAMILY RESOURCES

Competitive Advantage/ROI Research

An average business with 250 employees can save $75,000 per year in lost work time by subsidizing care for employees’ sick children. To make sure their children were taken care of, 67% of parents said they used a sick day56% were late to work and 39% took a vacation day.

Source: (Early Care & Learning Council)

Policy 9
Flexible Hours
FLEXIBILITY

Competitive Advantage/ROI Research

Of the 30% of credentialed women who leave the workforce, 70% say they would have stayed if they had access to flexibility.

Source: (Werk Co.)

Policy 10
Working Remotely
FLEXIBILITY CORE BENEFITS

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People who worked from home increased performance by 13% and the company’s attrition rates for the work from home group decreased by 50%.

Source: (Werk Co.)