Workplace solutions for childcare [electronic resource] / Catherine Hein and Naomi Cassirer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hein, Catherine.

Cassirer, Naomi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employer-supported day care.

Day care centers.

Working mothers.

Women--Employment.

Women.

Work and family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For parents who work or would like to work, childcare is a problem that is almost universal. One way that workers can be supported is through assistance offered by their workplace. The focus of this book is on why workplace partners around the world have become involved in childcare and the nature of the programmes that have been implemented.

Contents:

CONTENTS; Preface; Part I; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Objectives; 1.2. What is childcare?; Figure 1.1 Childcare schema; 1.3. Why childcare for working parents is important; Box 1.1 Main types of childcare; 1.4. International guidance: Conventions and labour standards; 1.5. What are "workplace solutions"?; Box 1.2 Measures facilitating parental care; Figure 1.2 Childcare needs of workers and types of workplace assistance; 1.6. Case studies and examples; 1.7. Organization of the book; 2.1. Ages of children and issues; 2. National contexts of workplace solutions; 2.2. Concerns of working parents

Box 2.1 Cost of childcare in the United States2.3. Childcare options; Box 2.2 Employment of domestic workers; Table 2.1 Care provisions, coverage, hours and financing by age of children; 2.4. Government approaches to childcare; Box 2.3 Government commitments to childcare; 2.5. Government funding strategies; Box 2.4 Subsidies to providers for low-income parents; Box 2.5 Government financial transfers to parents; 2.6. Balancing quality and cost; Box 2.6 Positive effects of home-based daycare for poor children in Bolivia; 2.7. Conclusions; 3.1. Government measures targeting employers

Box 3.1 Legislation requiring employer childcare provisionTable 3.1 Government fiscal incentives for childcare support by employers; 3.2. Employers and their organizations; Box 3.2 Government awards for work-family programmes; Box 3.3 What about those who don't need childcare?; Box 3.4 Childcare as part of a package of measures; Box 3.5 Childcare for reducing turnover; Box 3.6 Childcare to encourage the return of new mothers; Box 3.7 Effects of childcare support on absenteeism; Box 3.8 Childcare and the ability to concentrate on work

Box 3.9 Employer groups responding to needs for work-life balance3.3. Trade unions; Box 3.10 Unions campaigning for improving workers' access to childcare; Box 3.11 Improving work-family balance for bus drivers; Box 3.12 UNISON in the United Kingdom helps address recruitment and retention; 3.4. Municipalities or local government; 3.5. Specialized childcare providers; Box 3.13 Childcare organizations managing company childcare centres; 3.6. Childcare workers; Box 3.14 Partnerships for training childcare workers of workplace crèches; 3.8. Conclusions

Box 3.15 Donor partnership for enterprise childcare in Kenya4. Workplace solutions; 4.1. Company or on-site facilities; Box 4.1 Parents' reasons for appreciating on-site care; Table 4.1 Perceived impact of care support on the attraction and retention; Box 4.2 A children's room at the workplace; Box 4.3 On-site crèches in zones and centres; 4.2. Linking with facilities in the community; Box 4.4 Employers' efforts to improve the quality of childcare; Box 4.5 Linking with existing camps; 4.3. Financial support; Box 4.6 Employer contributions to the cost of care vouchers

Box 4.7 Care funds for bus drivers and hotel workers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-437) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-2-122034-6

OCLC:

700697548