Fostering the Right Environment for Working Parents to Thrive

As the primary parent, the primary earner, and the holder of all benefits, how do you find your worth when looking for other opportunities?

What kind of benefits would remote working parents like to see?

How do you thread the needle between crafting helpful policies that help meet the needs of parents without making non-parents feel unfairly treated?

Can't attend, but looking forward to the recording

How do you help parents transition successfully back to work while also supporting their balance for new life at home? What's the best way to make this transition easy on them and on their team?

Excited for the seminar

How can we support parents who need the flexibility to work remote while also balancing the organization's needs of in-person interaction with customers?

Parental coverage benefits - other than Bright Horizons who else offers this for smaller companies?

What things can company ERGs do to support working parents while waiting for companies to make changes?

Kimberly, how can an employee best present childcare as an employee benefit to their employee?

No specific question.

one of the biggest challenge is especially for women with young children who are largely involved in field work. What initiatives can a company put in place to help these mothers achieve the...

Looking forward to this!

So many wonderful questions already!

Outside of a flexible schedule and logistical support to find care, what else can employers do to support employees without causing a financial strain to the organization?

None at this time, thank you.

Interested in hearing options for flexibility when work from home is not an option.

Look forward to hearing!

What can we do to support parents working remote with kids at home?

Nothing specific to ask at the moment, thanks!

How to support working parents that would not cost a fortune to our company?

No specific questions at this time, thank you.

How do you offer greater support to parents without making those without children feel they're not loosing out on a valuable benefit?

If you can't get more money, what are some things that you can negotiate when talking with HR about a new opportunity?

How to apply the benefits across different countries-- what benefit translates the best and accommodating to local laws?

Insight on new strategies other than WFH accommodations which don't always work for all positions.

What benefits or policies support working parents best? If we could only do 2 or 3 things well, what would be the most impactful?

how to deal with new moms returning from maternity leave in a healthcare setting.

What resources are being afforded to leadership to foster understanding with top talent that has a family?

How do you create "fair" programs for employees who choose not to have children? I am finding team members who do not have children are having to work more rigidly and taking the less attractive...

How do you create flexibility for parents without alienating those with older or no kids?

What are some options for a parent/childcare benefit? I know there are some companies who provide some of these benefits, but from what I've seen they are mostly all just providing backup care,...

No specific questions

What challenges do you see working parents facing even as remote? And, what advice can you offer?

Is a 4-day work week better for working moms vs. part-time flex schedule?

Parents are the minority in our company. How can we address their concerns without looking like we're making exceptions for staff who are parents and favoring them over non-parents? Almost a...

How do we as employers assist our employees that have family responsibilities - (i.e. children that are learning from home) while the employee would be working a regular shift and now has to be...

How to be inclusive without being exclusive?

No specific questions, just excited to soak up the knowledge.

How do you balance benefits for caregivers with those who are not caregivers?

Nothing at this time.

NOT FOR THIS. I have ideas for work-life balance that involves policies and practices to immediately prevent, intervene, reduce hostile, legal antagonistic, health-harming aggressive conduct in...

to build a culture that nurtures, cares for people during pandemic at the same time getting work life balance

What are some suggestion for best practices for managers.

Any advice to share for a Caregiver employee resource group?

When providing a caregiving stipend, have you seen non-parents have an adverse reaction since they are not eligible for it?

How can a small company with a lack of resources support working parents?

How can a very small firm be helpful and fair to parents of young children who are quarantined or without daycare options due to exposures to illness yet still effectively run their firm?

Have you engaged job-share programs for working mothers and if so, what have you found about how they work for the company and for working mothers?

Understanding how to be an ally for others.