Women’s success in the workplace continues to be diminished by the socially influenced tether of “invisible work,” the extra 14+ hours of unpaid domestic work women provide weekly that falls on them due to social expectations of the woman’s role.
Working parent support is an essential (and often missing) element of any company’s infrastructure and that remains true whether we see a widespread return to the office, or if remote work remains.
When companies implement and promote a parent-friendly workplace that offers supportive leave policies, comprehensive lactation support programs, manager and HR training, and 1:1 support for the employee, both the employer and the employee come out ahead.
Villyge, an employer-paid benefit that supports working parents, calculated that working parent support provides an estimated ROI of 36 times, meaning for every $1 an employer invests in a working parent support program, they will receive $36 in cost savings.
