It’s not just about family leave: Bridging the gap between managers and working parents

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Employers are at a crossroads: do they change their company’s culture to support employees of all needs and backgrounds, or risk losing talent to the great resignation?

Today, no other community is more likely to give up on an employer than working parents. According to family benefits platform Cleo, 40% of working parents are thinking about leaving their job. Debi Yadegari, founder & CEO of Villyge — an employer-paid benefits platform focused on supporting employees from initial family planning to college and throughout eldercare — walked away from her investment banking career only six months after the birth of her daughter.

Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

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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