Hormel's employees needed childcare. So the food company decided to build a center itself.

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Hormel joins a growing number of employers across the nation that are offering child care in a bid to recruit and retain working parents in today's tight labor market.

, but finding affordable and reliable options can be especially challenging for workers— and employers — outside the metro.since the pandemic, but price points and class sizes can make the economics of running a larger center especially difficult.. In all, Greater Minnesota needs more than 40,000 more spots.began looking at ways to address employees' child care concerns back in 2017. But centers they contacted said opening a location in the city of 26,000 wouldn’t be profitable.

Hormel officials toured other Minnesota companies that offer child care for employees, including Allianz in the Twin Cities, and decided to partner with Bright Horizons as a center operator.Of note:

 

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Put the kids to work at night cleaning the knives?

This isn’t new. In 1982, I worked as a nurse 3pm to 11 pm. I left my 6 month old baby at the daycare center at the hospital. At 6p dinner break I fed her then at 7pm my husband picked her up after his job. It was great. If baby got sick, I was there and so was the hosp staff.

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