The Care Economy in the US, and What Employers can do
By Raman Brar
Published On April 9, 2020
American companies are facing a caregiving crisis—they just refuse to acknowledge it. Rising health care and professional caregiving costs and changing demographics over the past few decades have put great pressure on American employees as they try to balance work and care responsibilities.
Yet many employers remain largely oblivious to the growing costs of this hidden “care economy”—costs that hurt employers and employees alike.
This is an excerpt from the report The Caring Company, published by the Harvard Business School
Most employers do not measure the impact of their employees’ caregiving obligations on their organizations. Yet many employers cling to the perception that the costs are, at worst, marginal.
Read the complete report The Caring Company, published by the Harvard Business School.
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