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Family-Friendly Workplace Policies

FLEXIBILITY AND TIME OFF POLICIES

Flextime
Part-time work
Job sharing
Flex-place (work at home)
Midday Flex -time off in middle of day
Compressed work week (allowing staff to work 4, 10-hour days
Early Retirement
Paid Maternity Leave (Beyond disability & Family Medical Leave Act)
Paid Paternity Leave
Paid leave for adoptive parents
Unpaid family leave beyond
Use of employee sick days to care for dependents
Paid Time Off Leave Bank (Employees receive a total number of paid time days rather than those assigned to personal, sick, etc.
Education Flextime
Other:

 

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Flexible benefits or cafeteria plan
Flexible spending account or dependent care
Flexible spending account for health care
Long Term Care Insurance
Adoption Assistance
Child Care Assistance
Dependent Care subsidies
Reimbursement of care needed during work related travel
Discounts at health clubs
Education Assistance
Other:

 

INFORMATION AND COUNSELING

Caregiver fairs
Seminars on Family issues
Support groups
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness/Health Promotion
Relocation Assistance
Special work/life newsletter
Child Care Referral Services
Elder Care Referral Services
On-site Education Programs (i.e., GED, CPR, computer literacy, parent education, English as a Second Language, etc.)
Other:

 

HEALTH SUPPORT

Prenatal care support
Breastfeeding support (One or more of the following are available through the company: Room for Breastfeeding or pumping, literature, lactation consultant)
On-site fitness center
On-site fitness programs
Health insurance for employees
Health insurance for employees' dependents
Other:

 

DEPENDENT CARE SERVICES

On-site or near-site childcare center
Support of community-based childcare center (In-kind donations or cash donations)
Backup childcare services (When primary care is unavailable; relative or formal)
Get well care for mildly ill children
After school program
School holiday/vacation service
Summer camp
On-site adult day care center
Support of community Adult Day Care Center (In-kind or cash contribution)
Other:

 

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

Management training on work/life issues
Employee training on work/life issues
Work/life manager or coordinator (An employee designated to coordinate & support the implementation of family workplace policies and programs)
Task force on work/life issues
A process for requesting flexible work arrangements
Performance category for management review that includes ability to be flexible
Strategy for communicating work/life issues
Link of work/life to technology (flexible workplace, work at home)
Other:

 

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