Here’s your customized checklist of policies and practices for your organization.
Need help drafting the official HR policy or want to hear from your peers?
Return to https://toolkit.cincinnatiwomensfund.org/ to download our sample HR policies and read testimonials from other employers.
Please use the filters on the left to explore the policy database and find policies that best address your company's challenges. *Keep in mind, if you are looking for a short list of policies, use at least one filter in each section.
Emergency Child Care
Issue: When a child care provider option has unexpectedly fallen through, or a child is sick and cannot go to their usual place of care, workers must miss work or scramble to find another option.
Possible Solution: Provide employees access to sick-child options by purchasing care through a child care center or through an in-home provider. A similar process can be used to purchase spots at emergency child care centers. Many employees would rather care for their sick child themselves, so consider including this in your PTO parameters.
Employer Experience
Child Care Support Services
Issue: Workers must miss work because they are unable to find child care, or they work a shift not covered by typical child care options.
Possible Solution: Make child care referral assistance available as part of your employee programs, especially for second and third shift employees. To help support your employees on second and third shift, identify a direct referral to an overnight child care provider. If such provider is not available in your area, consider switching this employee to a day shift.
Employer Experience
Errand Service
Issue: Lower-wage employees often work shifts with hours that make it difficult to get to the store or run errands.
Possible Solution: Provide a limited concierge service to assist with buying groceries, school supplies, or other errands to take pressure off workers struggling to balance work and family responsibilities.
Employer Experience