Corporate Child Care Services ...
For almost two decades, Busy Bees has been helping employers solve their childcare issues.
In all cases, from building workplace nurseries to providing vouchers enabling employees to fund their own childcare choices, companies have found that investing in childcare is a sound business decision.
Organisations operating family friendly policies, such as providing help with childcare, see a reduction in costs and increase in productivity. Recent research by Cambridge University found that nine out of ten establishments with experience of family-friendly policies were cost effective. Help with childcare provision was found to have a significant association with improvements in quality performance and a reduction in labour turnover. Family friendly policies were associated with above average financial performance, labour productivity, quality and sales performances.
It's also an area receiving much attention from the Government, which is keen to promote access to childcare provision as a route into employment and economic improvement. The Fifth Report of the Works and Pensions Committee (June 2003) notes that "Adequate provision of childcare contributes to the overall economic well-being of an area... can also help to improve job recruitment and retention and... also helps with absenteeism, makes staff more motivated and helps bring job satisfaction."
According to the Daycare Trust, almost 40% of employees have dependant children and many find that childcare provision is on eof, if not the, biggest organisational headache they have: three quarters of parents say they cannot find enough childcare. Businesses which can demonstrate that they take their staff childcare issues seriously can expect big returns in terms of commitment and quality from their employees.
Business benefits
* Easier to attract better-quality candidates when recruiting
* Greater staff retention, lower turnover
* More maternity leavers returning to work
* Less absenteeism: greater productivity
* Increased experience and qualification levels in the workforce
* An improved company image in the marketplace
