Caregiving Benefits Are Now Necessary for Talent Retention

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April 8, 2024 – In a WorkLife article about how caregiving benefits are now necessary for employees, Priya Krishnan, chief digital and transformation officer at Bright Horizons shares how work from home and the pandemic normalized the conversation around caregiving.

Bright Horizons, a child care services provider, has recently seen increased demand for on-site care as well as backup care offerings from employers. The pandemic and working from home helped normalize the conversation around caregiving, and that “childcare is a basic human need,” Priya Krishnan, chief digital and transformation officer at Bright Horizons, an operator of childcare services for employers. 

When employers don’t provide adequate caregiving supports, “they’re really losing out on talent,” Krishnan said.

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