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Making It Work Better:Presentation
on Work Family Issues
Partnering with unions to put families first. www.working-families.org
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CHILD CARE
What’s happening in families today?
Three-quarters of all children under age 5 who have working parents are in some type of child care.
One in ten children aged 6-12 are alone or with a sibling under age 13 during the summer.
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CHILD CARE & INCOME
Low income families spend more.Low income families spend 14% of their earnings on child care while higher income families spend 7%.
High income families have greater access to quality or standard child care.Children from higher income families much more likely to be in center-based care, while children in lower income families are more likely to be cared for by a relative.
Chart 1: Child care
costs for low
income families
14%
86%
Chart 2: Child care
costs for high
income families
7%
93%
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Did you know that 23 million Americans care for elderly relatives?
Elder care costs families more than $659,000 over a lifetime in lost wages, social security and pension contributions.
$567,000 in lost wages.
$67,000 in retirement contributions.
$25,000 in social security benefits.
Source: MetLife “Juggling Act Study 1999”
ELDER CARE
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84% of all workers/caregivers make adjustments to their work schedules…
Taking sick leave or vacation time
Decreasing scheduled work hours
Taking leaves of absence
Switching from full time to part-time work
Resigning or retiring.Source: MetLife “Juggling Act Study 1999.”
WORK TIME
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WORK TIME
More than 1/3 of working women with partners or spouses work different shifts than their partner/spouse.
80% of men work more than 40 hours a week.
Men and women who work overtime average an additional 6.63 hours a week.
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FAMILY LEAVE
47% of workers in the US have no paid sick time.
86 million workers do not have paid sick time that they can use to care for a sick child.
34% of parents reported that caring for their sick child led to difficulties at work.
84% of workers say it is important to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act.
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High Turnover – people leave jobs because they are caregivers
Higher Education & Training Costs – associated with high turnover
Time Lost - to additional phone calls, partial absenteeism when employee deals with crisis (about 3 days per year)
Caregivers average 6 days absence per year due to caregiving responsibilities
Partnering with unions to put families first. www.working-families.org
Why should work and family benefitsbe important to employers?
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Supporting work and family initiatives brings positive return on investments for unions and employers.
Any funds spent by the employer to help with caregiving have a payback to the employer of 2.5 to 5 times the cost. Source: Pfizer, 1997
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Baby Boomers 77 million
Generation X 44 million
Generation Y 60 million
Who is going to take care of you?
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CAREGIVERS PROFILE
Typical caregiver is a married woman in her mid-40s who works full-time.
Just over half of all caregivers are employed full-time.
12% are employed part-time, and 16% are retired
The average caregiver provides 18 hours of care a week.
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Almost one in five caregivers provide either “constant care” or at least 40 hours of care a week.
Many caregivers will spend as many or more years caring for aging relatives as they spent caring for their own children.
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More than half of employed caregivers have modified their work schedules or made other accommodations to their jobs in order to meet caregiving responsibilities.
One-fifth of caregivers have quit their jobs permanently or temporarily.
Partnering with unions to put families first. www.working-families.org
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Are you ready for caregiving?
Can you make it work?
www.working-families.orgPartnering with unions to put families first.