Child Care for Businesses

Now, more than ever, a company should be looking toward the future, and that future includes our younger generation of children. Typically, the highest turnover during the first year of new employees in a company occurs in parents with younger children. By developing a child care plan, companies can benefit in several ways.

Benefits:

* Recruitment and retention
* Employee morale
* Reduction of absenteeism
* Positive public relations
* Staying competitive in your field
* Financial Benefits
* Strong Employees

Offering Employees Child Care Assistance:

* Flexible work schedules.
* Telecommuting
* Job Sharing
* Part-time hours
* Extended Parental Leave
* Developing flexible benefits plans to allow parents to set aside pre-tax dollars to help pay for child care.
* Providing vouchers to help parents pay for child care.
* Purchase of space/discount/scholarship programs
* Purchasing enhanced referrals through your local resource and referral agency to help parents find child care.
* Supporting a Family Child Care Network - Employers can guarantee slots in family child care homes located near the workplace.
* Developing an on or near-site child care center for employees

For more information on providing your employees child care assistance, please refer to http://epicemployertoolkit.org/main.html