Decline of the manufacturing economy has killed that old understanding, and as Vincent Duffy reports in our latest installment of NEW Work, New Families, America’s Juggling act, and companies are searching for new ways to foster old fashioned loyalty among employees.
People will miss 11-13 days a year to take care of the children or parents. So, if a company can help an employee avoid some of those absences through the eldercare, childcare, EAP. They saved times the number of employers you have and the amount of money it’s phenomenal. How much money a company can save by having people actually is at work as opposed to home taking care of children of parents.
Last week a single mother Sharon Hewitt was having a difficult time balancing her responsibilities between job and her children. Recently hired as a librarian at Cleveland State University, Sharon had used up her sick days when she was ill, and didn’t have any lefty when her nine year old daughter caught the same flu.
Hewitt: She got in the middle of a night. I had to call the next morning to her doctor’s office and they could only give an appointment during the day. So, I ended up taking her to an emergency room after I had worked my 9 hours here. I went to the emergency room for 2 hours because I could not afford to take time off the next day to take her to her regular doctor.
The expensive emergency room visit was covered under hewits benefits but staying at home with her sick daughter was impossible.
Hewitt: My 15 year old daughter is old enough and responsible enough to take care of her. So, unfortunately, I had to take her out of her classes and leave her to take care of the 9 year old. And with no other options, you know, I can’t stay with her.
When employees like Hewitt have to make difficult decision. To balance their work and home life, it does little to foster employee loyalty and if Hewitt were offered another job with a little better pay she and millions like her would probably take it.
You’ve got employees saying that they’ll leave for an insignificant amount of money. They leave just for the new opportunity.
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