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Family-Friendly Policies Boost Employee Productivity, Health, Loyalty & Motivation, Reveals New Study by The Best Place for Working Parents®

PR Newswire | The report identifies the top policies that positively impact small businesses’ employees and employers including flexibility, remote work, maternity leave, child care assistance, and more.   The study’s findings revealed a positive effect on both personal and professional employee outcomes within diverse industries, as well as measurable benefits for businesses.   Today, The […]

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How Dallas-Fort Worth employers are helping prevent a child care ‘catastrophe’

Dallas Morning News | In the absence of comprehensive legislative solutions in Texas, some employers are helping to cover the cost of child care. In Dallas County, parents pay around $11,000 a year on child care. With federal pandemic-era funding running out for child care providers across the country, that cost is expected to rise […]

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Maricopa County to Offer On-Site Child Care for Employees

Tennessee Star | Maricopa County will soon offer on-site child care for its employees in downtown Phoenix. A child care facility near several of the county office buildings will be operated by KinderCare Education at Work with the goal of eventually being a 24/7 facility known as MCKids Club. “Finding reliable and affordable childcare remains […]

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The Best Place for Working Parents® Report | Making the Connection: How Small Business is Gaining a Competitive Edge through Family-Friendly Policies

Making the Connection: How Small Business is Gaining a Competitive Edge through Family-Friendly Policies Read the full report: https://bestplace4workingparents.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bp4wp-smu-report-2024-sm.pdf

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Three Fort Worth companies honored as great place for working parents

Fort Worth Report | Three Fort Worth companies received the 2023 Best Place for Working Parents Innovator Awards on Friday, Oct. 6, but only one of them credits a love of parties as part of its success.   The awards, presented at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the City event, recognize […]

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Business leaders are stepping up to help working parents combat the childcare crisis

Motherly | We’ve officially passed the date that Congress was supposed to “do something” to figure out how to replace funding for over 3 million kids predicted to be without care starting in October, thanks to the end of pandemic-era funding. Dubbed the “childcare cliff,” educators, parents, and businesses seem to be sort of looking around, […]

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What HR should know about the end of Covid-era childcare funding

HR Brew | On Sept. 30, federal funding that had been allocated to US childcare providers during the Covid-19 pandemic expired. The end of these funds—which totaled close to $24 billion—is expected to negatively affect both childcare providers and the Americans who have relied on their services. Some 70,000 childcare programs are expected to close […]

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HR Work Break: Back to School Best Practices

HR Daily Advisor | Guest: Sadie Funk and Sara Redington from The Best Place for Working Parents Working Parents Day is on September 16th. Over 15 million US workers quit their jobs since April 2021, and 45% of them cited the need to care for their family as a key factor in their decision. As […]

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With 38% of Hamilton County families struggling to meet expenses, employers urged to adopt family-friendly practices to aid workers

Chattanooga Times  Free Press | Nearly 40% of families with children in Hamilton County are struggling to pay their bills, and 1 out of 4 new parents in the workforce have to return to their jobs only two weeks after the birth of their child, according to a new study commissioned by the United Way […]

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‘It’s a pretty flawed system.’ Tarrant County leaders discuss how to improve child care

Fort Worth Report | Fixing the broken child care industry will require a significant increase in public funding, according to Tarrant County leaders. The county is one of the few bright spots for child care in the nation, but still faces affordability and workforce issues. However, during a Fort Worth Report panel Aug. 16 at Texas […]

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