What Are the Benefits of Offering a Day-Care Center in an Office Building?

Workplace day-care centers are beneficial in many ways.

Working parents search far and wide for a day-care that is close to their workplace or home, is inexpensive and has a good reputation. When office buildings offer day-care centers on-site, both the parents and business benefit.

Function

Office building day-care centers serve as an alternative to traditional forms of child care.

Time Frame

Having an on-site day-care center at your workplace is beneficial for scheduling, since parents wouldn't have to make extra stops before an after work and find a replacement sitter if their usual child-care place is closed. Also, if parents needed to stay longer at work, it wouldn't inconvenience the on-site child-care center.

Geography

Having a day-care at the workplace would be beneficial for child and parent since they would be in the same location if an emergency situation occurred. Parents can also spend more time with their children during breaks, which is great if the child is breastfeeding or needs special care.

Benefits

Parents will save gas money by bringing their child to their workplace day-care center since they don't have to drive to a separate child-care center location twice a day. If companies offer child-care services at a discount rate, parents may also save more by switching their child to the office building day-care.

Considerations

As for the company, the office building would seem like a family-oriented place, which would attract prospective employees. The company's employees would be generally happy to work extra hours or cover extra shifts since they wouldn't need to find someone to watch their child on short notice.

References

• I Love India: Day-Care in The Workplace
• Child Care Aware: Child-Care Issues and Your Workplace