Why Tyson opened a $5 million on-site child care center

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Child care expenses have steadily increased in the last decade, making it harder for working parents to make ends meet — so some employers are taking matters into their own hands. 

Multinational food processing company Tyson Foods opened its on-site child care, Tyson Tikes, in July, which serves its frontline workers at a poultry processing plant in Humboldt, Tennessee. Otherwise known as the Tyson Learning Center, the $5 million facility, which is operated by child care and education provider KinderCare, will act as an early childhood learning center and support over 100 children under the age of five. 

Deanna Cuadra
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Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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