| SitterCity claims that its Corporate Program will reduce | | | | noticed a marked increase in productivity due adding |
| absenteeism and boost employee productivity, but | | | | childcare options. |
| does it work? | | | | *Two thirds of employers saw a significant |
| Companies like RMS Investments, Fox Entertainment, | | | | improvement in employee turnover. |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Avon currently | | | | *Eighty-five percent of companies claimed it also |
| offer such programs and believe that adding Sittercity | | | | increased their ability to recruit top quality employees. |
| to their childcare benefits for employees is an excellent | | | | Why do they say that it works? I works because it |
| idea. | | | | gives your employees other options when the only |
| It seems that while today's companies are looking for | | | | choice before was to call in sick. They can use the |
| new ways to attract and retain the excellent | | | | program when their children are sick, when school is |
| employees that they hire, they need to address | | | | unexpectedly closed, or when their regular sitter is on |
| childcare issues facing many working parents. Sittercity | | | | vacation. |
| has allowed those companies to buy memberships for | | | | The results are a little less impressive for smaller |
| their employees at greatly reduced rates, offer backup | | | | companies because many were already able to allow |
| childcare and before-and-after school care for children. | | | | more increased flexibility that many working parents |
| The benefits to a large company seem to be | | | | needed. However, with over 10 million single parents |
| substantial. In fact, here are some of the results of | | | | currently in the workforce, it can affect workers in |
| added childcare benefits for top companies like these: | | | | almost any size company. |
| *Forty-nine percent of employers claim to have | | | | |