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It’s no secret that working parents are stressed out. A recent survey brings the challenges faced by this group of employees into focus—and highlights areas where employers fall short on supporting them.

More than half (54%) of full-time working parents in the US said they have a difficult time balancing work and family responsibilities, according to a Pew Research survey fielded March 2–15. Large shares of respondents reported “experiencing this overlap or blurred boundaries between family and work,” Luona Lin, a research associate at Pew who worked on the analysis, told HR Brew. Some 70% said they handled parenting-related tasks at work, while 59% reported performing work-related tasks while with their children.

The survey pointed to benefits that working parents would find helpful in addressing these challenges, but also revealed that large shares of respondents don’t have access to such offerings in their jobs. When asked about benefits like paid leave, flexibility, or onsite childcare, “we see large gaps in the share of working parents saying this would be highly helpful against those who say they actually have access to this sort of arrangement,” Lin said.

For more on the challenges facing working parents, and what HR can do to better support them, keep reading here.—CV

      

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Here’s this week’s edition of our Business of Benefits series, where we spotlight benefits that are driving value for HR leaders, digging into their design and ROI.

If you’re interested in talking about a workplace benefit you love for an upcoming edition, click here to get in touch. You can also reach out directly to HR Brew’s total rewards reporter, Courtney Vinopal: [email protected]

Since 2014, the food manufacturing company J.M. Smucker Co. has offered onsite childcare for its employees’ children and grandchildren. The child development center, which is run by Bright Horizons, is located at the company’s Orrville, Ohio headquarters, and serves children from infancy through preschool. A summer camp program is also available to children aged 6–12.

Smucker has previously said it sees the benefit as a differentiator when attracting talent. Having childcare onsite allows employees to stay connected with their children to nurse during the workday, for example, or visit the class to read. Hind Simonetti, VP of talent, told us more about what success looks like, more than 10 years on.

For more on the design and ROI of onsite childcare at Smucker, keep reading here.—CV

      

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Emily Parsons

Since returning to the White House, the Trump administration has sought to limit remote work accommodations for federal employees, including disabled workers, for whom telework is an accommodation.

Private employers may want to think twice before following suit, according to Rachel Shaw, author of The Disabled Workforce: What the ADA Never Anticipated.

She sat down with HR Brew to discuss what employers should consider about accommodations, and why her book is as relevant today as it was when she wrote it in 2017.

For more from our conversation with Shaw, keep reading here.—MC

      

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Today’s top HR reads.

Stat: 70,000+ app-based delivery workers in New York City stand to earn roughly $2,287 more annually, on average, thanks to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Tipping Law that went into effect in January. (NYC.gov)

Quote: “The company-wide cadence was too rigid and didn’t reflect the different ways teams work and didn’t bring people together for the moments that could have the most impact…Our goal was never to create rules for their own sake. It was to create the environment where Riot is the best place to make games.”—Hoby Darling, president of Riot Games, on why the company adopted a more flexible work model (the Los Angeles Times)

Read: The American Dream looks different to every generation in today’s workforce. (CNBC Make It)

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