Today all three Lee Memorial day cares are open to the public, a move that helps minimize the amount the company subsidizes child-care operations. Several Southwest Florida employers researched providing on-site day care only to scrap the idea later. Expensive downtown property killed the idea. It has no plans to do so. On-site day care is not the only option, said Saunders, the Child Care Bureau specialist.
Companies can offer flexible work schedules or provide sick-child day care.
They also can help employees defray costs. That means her employer will pick up 41 percent of the child-care tab. With the bank contributing to her household budget, she plans to move from her parents' home to an apartment in June. I'm going to be there for a while.