You Need to Understand Your Employees’ Caregiving Responsibilities

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Employees regularly balance work with caregiving responsibilities, whether it is child care, eldercare, or caring for another family member. Yet many organizations lack visibility into who their

Most of us are caregivers. Seventy-three percent of all U.S. employees, and 71% of employees globally, identify as caregivers with responsibilities to look after children, aging parents, or other family members. Fifty-four percent of employees in their 40s identify as sandwiched caregivers, providing for the needs of parents aged 65 and older while also raising children or providing for a young adult child 18 years and older.