Corporate child care

Corporate child care is a specific form of child care sponsored or managed by an employer.[1] It may be a perk or a part of the corporate social responsibility policy of the company. It can provide the working parents with an opportunity to find work-life balance. The corporations sponsor child care as it may increase employee loyalty, decrease maternity leaves and improve on-job concentration.[2]

Scope

Companies have started corporate child care schemes for the young Generation Y employees, many of whom aspire to establish a work-life balance while pursuing a career and gaining money. Many working parents face challenges such as lack of free places in public pre-schools, inappropriate schedule, expensive services of private child care and preschools, low quality of services or little time spending with a child. The corporate child care programs intend to address these issues. Such a program may cover the following:

Realization Model

Each program provides children with appropriative development environment and education model designed by high-qualified teachers

Possible benefits

References

  1. John Hoops; Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency; Policy/Action Institute (1986). Corporate child care initiatives: the potential for employer involvement in child care programs. TEE, Inc. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  2. Janet Rosenstock; Eva M. Rosenstock (1985). Child Care. Methuen. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-458-99650-6. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
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