2+ week, 6+ day ago  (487+ words) A lack of access to reliable childcare is fueling a burnout crisis among working parents, according to a new national survey." The Kinder Care Confidence Index found that working parents spend more than one-third of every month in complete burnout,…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (612+ words) Child care has overtaken retirement benefits as the most important workplace perk for working parents, according to a new survey. The findings from Kinder Care's 2026 Confidence Index show that child care is key to productivity, retention and loyalty. Eighty-five percent…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (555+ words) Dan Figurski, president of Kinder Care for Employers and Champions, has been with the child care provider for more than a decade, and sees every day how working parents' needs have continued to evolve." "Our scale and our ability to…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (454+ words) This is the third article in a series on working caregivers and how employers can support them. Read part one here, and part two here. Balancing work and parenthood is hard. And while there's no silver-bullet solution for all their…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (893+ words) Universal child care is finally back in the national conversation with New York City's proposed plan signaling growing recognition that the cost and availability of care are holding working families back. That momentum matters, but it does not solve today's…...

3+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (790+ words) Yet 77% agree that raising children requires a village, according to the research study, which was commissioned by Bright Horizons Family Solutions and conducted by The Harris Poll." This trend creates an opportunity for employers to step in and provide more…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (596+ words) For working parents in the small community of Platteville, Wisconsin, child care options are scarce. After listening to concerned leaders and employees talk about the impact on recruitment and retention, non-profit Southwest Health, the primary medical facility in the area,…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (325+ words) "The problems companies have in dealing with single parents is these cultural stereotypes that keep coming up, [that single parents are] unreliable," Hankin says. "If companies are really interested in attracting this talent, they have to deal with their own…...

10+ mon, 3+ day ago  (294+ words) As the only wealthy country in the world without national paid parental leave, the bar for parental leave programs in the U. S. is low and the negative impacts are far-reaching." Working parents are often anxious and struggle to find adequate support....

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (753+ words) At a time when workplace well-being is a business imperative, employee leave policies " especially those surrounding return-to-work transitions " deserve far more attention than they currently receive. Now is the time to rethink what it means to support employees through life's…...