Companies adding on-site child care
- March 24, 2023
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The food giant is planning to build a facility next year. Food processing giant Hormel started looking for child care facilities for its employees a few years ago, when the company noticed finding local child care was a problem for some of its workforce. But Hormel also ran into problems when it tried to find […]
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On-site day care is uncommon in American workplaces, but new federal incentives and companies eager to attract and retain talent could soon make that benefit more common, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Biden administration last week outlined a novel proviso in its $53 billion plan to revitalize the U.S. semiconductor industry. Chipmakers seeking […]
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Labor shortage and incentives for chip makers motivate employers to explore on-site child care On-site daycare is a rarity in American workplaces, but new government incentives and companies eager to attract and retain talent could soon make that benefit more common. The Biden administration last week outlined a novel proviso in its $53 billion plan to revitalize […]
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Today is International Women’s Day. This day—and its theme, #EmbraceEquity—feels particularly apt given the gender workplace inequalities exacerbated by the ongoing childcare crisis in the U.S. The total number of workplace absences for childcare-related issues reached a record high of 104,000 in October, spurred in part by a “tripledemic” that amplified worker shortages in the childcare industry. Unsurprisingly, women disproportionately […]
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North Texas offers some of the best parental leave policies in the country, a new report says. Why it matters: Men re-entered the labor market “in droves” after COVID shutdowns, but more than 1 million women left the labor force between February 2020 and January 2022. Child care was a top reason for leaving the workforce, […]
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The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been named a 2023 Best Place for Working Parents — the first business in the state to earn the designation from Best Place for Working Parents. “We are thrilled to receive this recognition of the strong support we have in place for working parents at UT Knoxville,” said […]
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Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth has joined the national Best Place for Working Parents partnership, offering real-time designations to businesses of all sizes whose family-friendly policies qualify through a first-of-its-kind, 3-minute online self-assessment. Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth is launching Best Place for Working Parents Tennessee to offer local business leaders […]
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Federal data shows that employee absences and job turnover decline when businesses provide child care. Yet onsite child care was the least frequently offered family-friendly perk in an assessment of 1,700 companies, according to a new report by business network The Best Place for Working Parents in Fort Worth, Tex., and Southern Methodist University’s Center on […]
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6 diversity and inclusion trends to watch in 2023 As HR researchers clock DEI as a way to attract top talent, here’s what labor experts told HR Dive are top 2023 workforce trends. Are diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on the chopping block in 2023? A Glassdoor exec told HR Dive as much in 2022. Monster and […]
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