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A recent Gallup Poll found that 90% of employees consider
work/life benefits as important as health insurance
—Employee Benefit News, March, 2003 |
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70% of employees don't think there is a healthy balance
between work and personal life
—True Careers survey, 2002 |
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80% of U.S. workers are reporting higher levels of stress
than five years ago
—Employee Benefit News, March, 2003 |
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57% of graduating business students in 11 countries said,
"attaining work/life balance" is their top career goal
—PricewaterhouseCoopers survey, 2000 |
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61% of adults say they would give up some of their pay
for more time with their family
—Families and Work Institute, 2002 |
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Reasons other than illness for worker absenteeism pose
the biggest worry for employers
—CCH Unscheduled Absence Survey, 2001 |
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42% of workers have responsibility for children under
18 years of age
—Labor Project for Working Families, January
2000 |
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More than 22 million families provide some kind of unpaid,
informal elder care and 64% of caregivers in these families are employed full-
or part-time
—Labor Project for Working Families, January
2000 |
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The average per-employee cost of absenteeism rose sharply
from $610 per year in 2000 to $755 in 2001
—Human Resources Management Ideas &
Trends, October issue, 2001 |
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Direct costs associated with unscheduled absences increased
24 percent
—Human Resources Management Ideas &
Trends, October issue, 2001 |
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Family issues accounted for 21% of all unscheduled absences
in 2001, and personal needs accounted for 11%
—Human Resources Management Ideas &
Trends, October issue, 2001 |
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80% of employers experience shortened workdays each year
because employees' child care arrangements fall through, according to the National
Conference of State Legislatures
—Employee Benefit News, June, 2003 |
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U.S. companies lose $3 billion annually as a consequence
of child-care related absences, estimates the child care action campaign
—Employee Benefit News, June 15, 2003 |
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About 22.4 million households have at least someone caring
for an elderly relative or friend, and almost 2.5 million of those caregivers
are themselves elderly, according to the National Alliance for Caregiving
—The Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2003 |
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33 percent of client employees responding to a 2003 LifeCare
poll currently face adult care issues; 13 percent will face them within a year;
and 35 percent expect to deal with them in the next 5+ years. Interestingly, 61
percent of female respondents currently face adult care issues, while 84 percent
expect to do so within 5+ years
—LifeCare, Inc., 2003 |
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