CareforKids.com.au® Launches Stay In Touch

CareforKids.com.au Launches
Stay In Touch
For companies looking to support mums & dads on parental leave

Paid Parental Leave has finally arrived and so now is an excellent time for your employer to examine their family friendly work practices.

The Business Council of Australia estimates that the cost of replacing an employee who leaves after having a baby is up to three times their annual salary. We believe that good communication and useful and helpful resources is the smartest way to hold on to these valuable staff members and to ensure their continued loyalty during a period of parental leave, so we've launched the CareforKids.com.au Stay in Touch program for employers all over the country.

In our last annual survey mums were definitely not feeling the love from employers or colleagues when it came to going back to work and employers were falling short with support and assistance: 33% of those who had returned did so for independence, 27% for career progression but the majority for financial necessity. Over a quarter (26%) felt less valued as an employee than they were before children and 36% said they had been stigmatised by colleagues or employers for being a working mum.

Just over a quarter of employers helped parents return to work after having children, with 70% offering no assistance. Of those who did help returning mums, the majority of assistance was in the form of information (16%), child care search (35%) and flexible hours (72%) or the option for occasional or regular working from home (44.4%). Of the mums who had not returned to work after children, 7% stated lack of employer flexibility and support as the key issue for their remaining at home.

Stay In Touch offers forward thinking companies the ability to maintain regular communication with employees on leave through an easily “customizable” program packed with information relevant to new parents.

Fully automated, the program matches the ages and stages all new parents go through and offers a range of resources designed to enhance mums' parental leave and help them transition back to working life successfully. It's totally personalized so each communication is personally directed to that employee and offers information and help that relates to her circumstances.

Regularly contacting employees via the CareforKids.com.au Stay in Touch program is a simple and innovative way to bridge the gap between work and family life and means parents feel valued, even when they are out of the office… A truly smart way to Stay in Touch!

If you think your company could benefit from CareforKids.com.au innovative program, Contact CareforKids.com.au for a demonstration.

We would like to hear about your experiences with maternity leave and how you feel your employers measured up in terms of support and assistance with returning to work.

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