5 Ways Businesses Can Make A More Family Friendly Workplace | Dad University

0:00 a topic we often discuss here is work life harmony how can we be productive at work but also enjoy our family and personal time one way to accomplish this is to work in a family-friendly environment now a family-friendly workplace means that the business values the family but more importantly the business has policies in place that support the employees family life in today's video we're going to be talking about five ways that businesses

0:30 can create a more family-friendly workplace if you are an employee you may decide to encourage these kinds of policies in your own work environment if you're an employer i invite you to implement family-friendly policies so that you can improve the overall well-being of your employees and boost the bottom line [Music] hey guys i'm jason kreidman creator of the dad university parenting program if you're a dad of a young child and you want to go from

1:00 overwhelmed and confused to a calm and confident parent my course can help set up a phone call to talk with us and see if it's a good fit i'll put some information in the description below for anyone that has a child balancing both work and family obligations can be challenging having a family-friendly workplace can help ease some of those challenges for many executives and business owners that run companies having a family friendly work environment may just not be

1:30 important to them or they think it costs too much or that somehow it might negatively impact the business however as a report that unicef suggests family-friendly policies create healthier better educated children improve gender equality are linked to better workforce productivity and provide the ability to better attract motivate and retain employees to me this sounds like being family friendly is good for the employees but also good for

2:01 business of course every organization is different in what they can and can't do but if working in a family-friendly environment is important to you then i urge you to seek out companies that support that kind of environment but if you are interested in improving the family friendliness of your business or the business you work for here are some ways it can be done number one increase parental leave while many countries have policies in place that actually require

2:30 parental leave here in the u.s that's not a requirement actually only 40 percent of businesses offer some kind of parental leave the first step is to get more companies to offer parental leave and then the second step is to get these companies that do offer it to be a little bit more aggressive in their policies you know this is a time where new parents get the chance to bond with their child but it also can reduce the financial burden that

3:00 many new parents feel i did a previous video on paternity leave i'll link it right here you may want to check that out if you're interested in the topic number two flexible schedules i think this is probably the easiest to implement and the most impactful for parents having the ability to adjust your schedule based on your circumstances really can add a lot of value and create that family-friendly workplace that parents desire when you have a flexible schedule you

3:31 don't feel as stressed whether it be caring for a sick child or taking them to and from school or having a performance or a game it allows you to have that flexibility so that you can be a parent but then also get your work done when you have a flexible schedule you can better balance the time that you need for work and the time that you need to take care of your family when both parents are working flexible

3:58 schedules allow you know one parent to cover a certain amount of time and another parent to cover another amount of time so you have those times covered where you can both participate and both get your work done as parents there's always emergencies there's always things popping up and having a flexible schedule can reduce that stress and anxiety that many parents feel when they have to miss work and at the same time you don't have to miss the

4:24 important events or the taking care of your child because you have work to do so the flexible schedule works for everyone number three telecommuting or working from home you know the pandemic really opened up a lot of people's eyes to this idea that we can actually be productive by working remotely while it doesn't work for every organization many found out that it actually increased the bottom line companies reduced their overhead productivity increased and employee

4:56 satisfaction went up now at the time of course kids were at home telecommuting as well but as kids are now going back into school that option to telecommute or work from home adds that flexibility that is really valuable for parents in some cases just eliminating the daily commute added a tremendous amount of time to the working parent schedule number four parenting education while the office isn't the first place that

5:27 people would look to get parenting education many companies offer classes and education on wellness and personal development with parenting being such a huge part of our lives you know emotionally financially and our time it makes sense that companies would want to improve the overall well-being of their employees and parenting education can impact that understanding effective strategies in parenting can reduce stress and anxiety and

5:58 improve communication this can make for happier employees which reduces absenteeism increases productivity and just improves their overall well-being in fact my dad university parenting program is a course that can be adapted to the workplace if you're interested in something like that just contact us and we'll talk with you more and finally number five child care assistance whether this is in the form of benefits that would reimburse or provide allocation for child care or it's actually having an on-site day

6:30 care center either one of those would greatly impact the family friendliness of the workplace the cost of individual child care can be very expensive in fact i've talked with dads who one of the parents has chosen to stay home as a result of the cost of child care that the salary that one of the parents was going to make almost equals or compares to what the cost is of that child care if companies were to provide these benefits for child care

7:01 that could be a huge recruiting tool but also ease a lot of the financial burden and stress that many families feel if the company actually provides on-site daycare that can be really comforting to know that your child is safe and close by can allow you to focus on work working in a family friendly company is said to improve loyalty productivity and the overall happiness of the employees work-life harmony is something that nearly every working parent

7:32 is trying to achieve employees want to be focused productive and contribute to the bottom line but more often than not that comes at the sacrifice of their family life employees also want to enjoy their family life without the stress and the struggles and the conflict that sometimes work provides yes we want both if we can bridge that gap by offering working parents the ability to have a family-friendly environment i think we

8:03 will all benefit i would love to hear from you do you work in a family-friendly environment or are you an employer who offers a family-friendly environment leave your feedback in the comment section below also it really helps us spread our message and get this video out to more people if you give the video a thumbs up if you know anyone that might enjoy this please share it with them we'll see you next time