Reduced Absenteeism
- In 2006, unscheduled absenteeism climbed to its highest level since 1999, costing some large employers an estimated $850,000 per year in direct payroll costs, and even more when lost productivity, morale and temporary labor costs were considered. "Family issues" account for 22% of these unscheduled absences (2006 and 2007 Unscheduled Absenteeism Surveys by CCH Incorporated).
- U.S. employers lose $3 billion a year due to child care-related absences (Amy Gage, St. Paul Pioneer Press columnist. Minnesota Center for Corporate Responsibility speech, 1998).
- Ransom & Burud found that a child care program can reduce turnover by 37% to 60% (Productivity impact studies of an on-site child development center, Los Angeles, CA. Burud & Associates, 1988).
- Reducing absenteeism through convenient child care can save a company more than $60,000 per year (based on two days served per employee, 100 employees served by center and a $300 average daily wage).
- Arnold & Portner, a Washington DC law firm, saved $800,000 in one year by providing backup child care (including sick care) (Bimonthly Communicator, 1998).
- A national survey of working adults commissioned by Workplace Options (WPO), found 59% of employees or their spouses missed three to ten days of work in the last year due to the lack of adequate backup child or elder care options. 85% of parents responding in this survey indicated they would be comfortable using a backup child care program. (Hospital Business Week, March 2007)