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What’s something dad needs more of? Flexibility.

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What dad really wants for Father’s Day is work-life balance

If you’re a working dad who’s back at the office—or if you’re at home juggling a busy work schedule and obligatory housework—you understand the importance of reliable, affordable, and quality childcare. Childcare matters: 81 percent of men with children aged five and under said in a recent survey that childcare benefits would be a “very important” or “somewhat important” factor when deciding whether to stay with a company or switch to another. Flexibility matters, too: Working parents were more likely to have left their jobs over the past several months than their nonparent counterparts, citing both caring for family and work-life balance as top five reasons. This Father’s Day, explore these insights to unpack the issues parents face today and what organizations can do to step up.

The childcare conundrum: How can companies ease working parents' return to the office?

The status quo work culture no longer works for most families—particularly those with very young children. But companies' support for childcare can turn worker attrition into attraction. Here's how.

Understand families' needs

Married to the job no more: Craving flexibility, parents are quitting to get it

Working parents are among the record number of employees leaving their jobs or thinking about doing so. To keep this crucial group, organizations must address why they're drawn to other options.

Get flexible

A fresh look at paternity leave: Why the benefits extend beyond the personal

Fathers who take leave help their partners, their families, and themselves. In this era of employee mental-health challenges, companies should take notice.

Grasp the nuances

Supporting employees in the work-life balancing act

Work-life balance often feels elusive. But same-gender working couples take different approaches to dividing responsibilities—have they cracked the code?

Strike a balance

Hybrid work: Making it fit with your diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy

New research details what empowered employees love about hybrid work models and the risks to diversity, equity, and inclusion if managers get the evolving flexible workplace wrong.

Meet in the middle

COVID-19 and burnout are straining the mental health of employed parents

Employed parents cite apathy and fatigue in new survey.

See the findings

How dual-career couples find fulfillment at work

When both you and your partner have demanding jobs, it's challenging to strike the right work–life balance. Can companies help dual-career couples juggle it all?

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