'I don't think people should have to choose between having a family and having a career,' explained the owner of McGee's Scot-Irish Pub in Anderson, South Carolina.
Large companies have sometimes offered such benefits, but child care at small businesses is a relatively new idea, Austin Westfall reports.services is difficult and the pandemic has only exacerbated the issue for parents across the United States. However, one South Carolina business seems to have found a solution for their employees with kids. . And now it includes a closed-off room with a licensed child care provider that many are calling a lifesaver.
About six months ago, the Anderson, South Carolina restaurant hired a licensed child care worker to watch over their staff’s kids."I don't think people should have to choose between having a family and having a career," said the restaurant’s co-owner, Dixie Benca. Initially, adding child care was an experiment, but it’s proven to be a huge help for about nine parents who would otherwise have to seek out child care, like expediter Bonita Russel and her 12-year-old son Jayden.
"Employer-based child care has been going on for years," said Cindy Lehnhoff, the director of the National Childcare Association.
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