Imagine a productive, high-achieving worker who is suddenly missing deadlines, often leaving the workplace early, and whose quality of work has suffered. They have been unengaged, distant and distracted, so you schedule a discussion to review the uncharacteristic behavior — only to then learn they have been struggling to care for an elderly parent who’s battling a terminal illness.
It all suddenly makes sense, and you want to help. As an employer, you want to find a solution that will ease the caregiving burden that’s increasingly common among your workforce and even accelerated amid the COVID-19 pandemic — but where to begin?
