The Best Place for Working Parents® is proud to partner with Dr. Dana Suskind, author of Thirty Million Words: Building a Child’s Brain, in her second to-be-published book, Parent Nation (coming from Penguin Books in April 2022). Dr. Suskind references The Best Place for Working Parents® as a call to action and tangible step for […]
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Join business leaders from across the country who are setting a new precedent for what it means to be family-friendly – through workplace policies that are benefiting working parents AND businesses’ bottom line. From boosting attraction and retention efforts, to motivating and optimizing a post-COVID workforce – the 2022 Summit will feature national experts on […]
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Wondering which family-friendly workplace policies actually boost employee engagement, retention, attraction, and productivity? See our newest report conducted with SMU Center on Research & Evaluation which highlights the top 10 policies proven to benefit both working parents AND businesses’ bottom line. Read full report here
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Fort Worth is the nation’s 12th largest city — with the second highest share of families with children in the U.S. Undoubtedly, COVID-19 has had lasting impacts on our workforce, families, and child care providers. Today, investing in child care and other family-friendly policies that enable working parents (and specifically, women, who have been disproportionately hurt […]
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Bank of Texas: Policy Innovator Award Winner Bank of Texas was awarded the Policy Innovator Award by The Best Place for Working Parents® for its family-friendly policies and dedication to its working parents. Watch Bank of Texas CEO & EVP Mark G Nurdin talk about what “family-friendly” means to him: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport: […]
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As Part III of our series to share critical workforce insights and trends, The Best Place for Working Parents® partnered with SMU’s Center on Research and Evaluation (CORE) to survey 825 families and working parents in May 2021 to learn what will constitute the “new world of work” – and what employees and employers need […]
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On May 19th, 2021, The Best Place for Working Parents® teamed up with Mayor Betsy Price, Dallas Fed CEO Rob Kaplan, and 100+ business leaders to discuss a multi-sector approach to getting back to work. See below to view the recording of the virtual event, and/or to download the slides from the presentation. Download […]
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By Jackie Mader When the pandemic began to shutter schools and child care centers in early 2020, parents working at the Patterson Law Group in Fort Worth, Texas, were allowed to work from home from the get go. Importantly, they also received a child care subsidy from their employer to help pay for care in […]
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Byrne Construction, Bank of Texas, and D/FW Airport are the 2021 winners of Mayor Betsy Price’s Best Place for Working Parents Innovator awards. Price announced the winners of the second-annual competition during her final State of the City speech Thursday. Byrne won for family-friendly events; Bank of Texas, policies; and D/FW, resources. The Best Place initiative awarded 166 companies […]
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