Despite having four grown children, Jack McBride spends a lot of time thinking about child care these days.., which produces disinfecting supplies and infection control solutions, McBride is concerned about how his employees are going to handle school and child care this fall, especially since 70% of his workforce cannot work remotely.
"We are hearing a lot more concerns [from parents] going into this school year about what are they going to do?" McBride says. Early in the pandemic, with orders up 300%, Contec gave its employees a bonus worth 20% of their monthly earnings for the first three months South Carolina had shelter-in-place orders in effect, McBride says, as a thank you for continuing their frontline work.
Even some of the largest U.S. employers that require workers to be physically present at their jobs don't have all the answers. UPS, which is an operations-heavy company, did not implement any additional pandemic-related time off or child-care policies, a spokesman says, but added the company does provide discounts to regional and national child-care programs for its employees year round and offers part-time workers full benefits, which includes paid time off., offering all of its U.S.
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MakeIt Yes Greed is setting in and we need a real Goverment no 25 year Idiots.
MakeIt Businesses are paid to do a set amount and type of work. If they don’t do that job, they lose revenue. If they lose revenue, people lose jobs. It is the sad reality, but the work still has to get done.
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MakeIt It's not up to companies to take care of children for the helpless clingy generation. If you can't take care of them, don't have them, or they'll grow up to be like you!
MakeIt ....hence, a primary reason why fed incentives need to be both robust and focused on bottoms up delivery. There’s a reason that that $600 UI needs to morph into Return-to-Work Assistance.
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MakeIt Teachers demand concern for their own jobs, failing to show any concern for parents' jobs.
MakeIt We could use the schools.