On-Site Childcare Facilities

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Should companies offer on-site childcare facilities to their employees? Most parents find juggling with work and children stressful, not to mention the guilt trip of leaving babies and small children in a nursery environment for sometimes long periods during the day (Heath, 2012). These days there are a lot of very active mothers who want to work and still have a chance to take care of their family (Burgoine, 2012). After having children, many families are faced with the decision to either put the child in daycare and return to work or stay at home and raise the child. Combining family life and work life is an ongoing struggle for new parents but it doesn’t have to be that way if companies would offer on-site childcare facilities. Business should explore the idea of setting up on-site childcare facilities for a number of reasons including, decrease in employee stress/tension, increase in productivity, and less employee absences. Businesses should realize that it is in the best interests of themselves and their workforce to remove this tension and consider setting up a daycare in a suitable area in or near their premises (Heath, 2012). The average length of maternity leave in the United States is 3 months; once you are done with leave you are then tasked with finding the right childcare facility for your child. There are a number of things to consider when looking at these facilities, including, cost, hours of operation, background and education of employees, daily schedules for the child, child to adult ratio, etc. If companies were to set up facilities on site it would eliminate a lot of the worrying and research new parents have to deal with when choosing a facility. On-site childcare facilities can decrease employee stress in a number of ways. When the parent has a break, they could co-ordinate this to be with the child during play or feeding times
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