Here’s how employers can help stave off parental guilt post-pandemic

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Thanks to remote work, parents are spending their entire day working alongside their children, but are they really there with them? 

In the last two years, over three million working parents have left the workforce due to difficulties in affording or accessing affordable and reliable childcare. The result? Nearly 60% of childbearing age employees say they’ve experienced or are experiencing burnout from the stress of balancing both — and it’s taking a toll on the way they see themselves both as employees, and as parents, too. 

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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