Overview
Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Corrs) reported to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) that 97% of primary carers in their workplace were women. After further investigation, Corrs discovered that the school holiday periods have a decrease in engagement and productivity due to juggling childcare and workplace responsibilities. A bulk of Corrs employees with primary carer responsibilities would take time off during the school holidays for childcare purposes which would increase the workload for their colleagues.
Key Challenges
- Implementing impactful support for their parental employees
- Decreased productivity and engagement during school holidays
- Large amount of sick leave taken during the school holidays
Solution
KidsCo was engaged to facilitate a week long school holiday program designed for 5 – 12 year olds that aligned with their company’s culture and values. The onsite program took place at the Corrs Melbourne-based head office in the CBD. The KidsCo program was used as a solution for Corrs’ primary carers who were struggling to find care arrangements, taking leave for childcare responsibilities and to help reduce the workload for non-parental employees.
Impact
Over the school holiday program period, Corrs saw an improvement in the following:
- 96% of employees took less sick time off for childcare responsibilities
- 94% of employees were more engaged in their work which impacted productivity
- 93% of employees felt the programs created an inclusive Family Friendly Workplace
My daughters loved the experience of seeing where I work. What would be beneficial is if Corrs extended the program for more than 1 week during the school holidays. My daughters are already looking forward to the next school holidays and hope they can return to the office and to the program.
– Working Mum from Corrs
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