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What Kind of Help Do Your Employees Want?

When it comes to getting more work/life support from their employers, 50% of employees want it in two primary areas—child care and the development of their careers. That information comes from employees and members of LifeCare's 1,500 client organizations who recently answered an online LifeCare poll.

The next most popular areas were: health and wellness (17%); stress management (13%); retirement planning (6%); elder care (5%); financial planning/management (4%). (Five percent of respondents chose “other.”)

“The competition for talent never ends, so knowing what kinds of support programs people value most is a real strategic advantage,” said LifeCare CEO, Peter G. Burki. “Employers who conduct their own internal polls regarding support programs also send the clear message to their employees that they care about them as people outside of the workplace.”

One of LifeCare's most recently launched enhanced programs is its Backup Care Connection^SM program, which helps people make alternative care arrangements for children and seniors when regular care arrangements break down. The program not only helps employees avoid missing work but it also generates the kind of goodwill that can bestow “employer of choice” status on an organization. The Backup Care Connection program features a large and high-quality network of nearly 2,000 certified child care facilities and 75,000 credentialed in-home caregivers; national coverage; guaranteed and direct placement in a local facility or with an in-home caregiver; and very low co-pays, so that employees are actually encouraged to use the program.