Family Provisions at the Workplace and Their Relationship to Absenteeism, Retention, and Productivity of Workers

Using data from the Australian Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, this study provides timely evidence on the effects of on‐site child care at the workplace and employer‐provided family leave on worker absenteeism, turnover, and productivity. The study found that workplaces with on‐site child care compared with workplaces with no on‐site child care had lower rates of absenteeism and higher ratings for worker productivity. Workplaces that had a family leave policy also had lower rates of absenteeism than workplaces that had no such policy in place. Analyses also suggest that workplace characteristics, such as presence of a human‐resources manager or union representative, are associated with higher worker productivity. Firm size, mission, and shift work were other predictors of worker performance. The findings argue strongly for an extensive, new workplace survey that can elucidate how parents today manage to abide by new workplace agreements while still handling the demands of family life

Absenteeism · Business · Child care · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Management · Political science · Productivity · Project commissioning · Publishing · Sick leave · Turnover · Work (physics · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor Movements and Unions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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