A few employers let workers funnel money into pretax day-care accounts. That allows employees to contribute to their accounts tax-free directly from their paychecks. Hundreds of other companies don't do anything for workers, most often because they view it as too expensive. 75 percent of employers who offer flexible work schedules find that benefits exceed costs or that the programs are cost-neutral. Workers in those industries are in dire need of help from their employers.
Corporations fail to understand they have options beyond providing child care on-site.
They don't realize their bottom line will benefit from taking even small steps to help with child care, she said. Labor statistics show such steps may be more necessary now than ever. The News-Press Fewer than half of U.S. women worked outside the home in 1960. Two-thirds with children younger than 6 have jobs outside the home. By some estimates, the number of working women could outpace the number of working men in the next decade.