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New Workplace Options Service Helps Employees Find Backup Childcare EAP offering enables customers to locate childcare centers via national database
Contact:
Christine Hall
chall@capstrat.com
919-882-1998
17 May 2006 – Raleigh, NC -- Each year, 80% of all employees need to work shortened workdays because their child care or elder care arrangements fall through -- hurting productivity and costing employers billions of dollars per year. Workplace Options, the largest provider of work-life employee benefits in America, is tackling this issue by adding a new back-up care solution to their comprehensive work-life benefits portfolio.
The new Back-Up Care Locator will allow Workplace Options’ customers to access the nation's largest online database for child care centers, adult day care centers, family day care homes and agencies that provide backup care. The database contains information from over 20,000 providers in the United States who provide care on a contingency or emergency basis. Eligible customers will be able to immediately locate qualified backup providers by searching the locator on Workplace Options’ user website.
Employees can enter their address or zip code to find potential back-up care providers close to their home or office. The new backup childcare locator will be available June 1, 2006.
“The premise is quite simple,” explains Alan King, president of WPO. “For example, if a regular caregiver must go out of town for a few days, accessing the database will provide information on alternative centers and homes, as well as in-home agencies that can come to the home for short periods of time.”
Workplace Options offers a series of programs designed to work alone or integrate seamlessly with an employer’s existing benefits program. These referral and assistance programs enable employees to deal with life’s most challenging and life changing issues -- from pregnancy to geriatric care -- as well as day-to-day demands, such as where to go for pet services, travel, legal services, dining and nightlife. LiveConnect features and 24/7 phone coverage make the services friendly and convenient. Backup care providers are continuously updated by the WPO call center staff.
About Workplace Options
Workplace Options helps employees balance their work, family and personal life in order to make their lives healthier, easier and more productive. The company's world-class employee support and work-life services provide information, resources, referrals and consultation on a variety of issues ranging from dependent care, legal and financial issues to stress management and wellness.
Drawing from an international network of credentialed providers and professionals, Workplace Options is the world's largest integrated employee support services and work-life provider. Service centers in Raleigh. N.C., London, Toronto and Dublin support more than 32 million employees in 20,000 organizations, across 170 countries. To learn more, visit www.workplaceoptions.com.
© 2012 Workplace Options, Inc. All rights reserved.
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