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Starbucks<\/a> continues to add to their already impressive (at least by coffee industry standards) benefits package. Along with things like an expansive transgender health care policy<\/a>, 100% tuition coverage<\/a> for first-time bachelors via Arizona State\u2019s online program, and paid parental leave<\/a>, Starbucks has announced the newest addition to their package: a subsidized backup care plan for children and seniors.<\/p>\n Called Care@Work<\/a>, Starbucks has teamed up with Care.com<\/a> to provide all employees at \u201cUS company-owned stores\u201d with \u201can online service connecting families and caregivers,\u201d per the press release. In practical terms, this means all 180,000+ employees will receive 10 subsidized backup care days for children and adults.<\/p>\n Using the Care@Work portal, employees will be able to schedule last-minute care for their loved ones for the subsidized cost of \u201c$1 an hour for in-home backup child and adult care or $5 per day for in-center child care\u201d for the allotted 10 days. After exhausting these days, other services\u2014like pet sitting and housekeeping\u2014become available, though at full cost to the employees.<\/p>\n The move comes in response to a significant sector of the work force having difficulty balancing their job and their family. From the press release:<\/p>\n A\u00a0recent analysis<\/a> of the National Survey of Children\u2019s Health showed that 2 million working parents had to quit their jobs in 2016, the year of the survey, because of child care issues. The crunch isn\u2019t just being felt by parents, but also for those who are caring for their own aging relatives. One in five U.S. workers report they are currently providing assistance for older relatives and friends, according to a report by the\u00a0AARP Public Policy Institute<\/a>. Nearly 70 percent of those who do say they had to take time off or make other work adjustments because of caregiving.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Also included in the Care@Work package are resources to help Starbucks employees with senior care planning. This give participants access to \u201ca Senior Care Advisor for professional guidance and a customized plan for senior care to help understand long term caregiver options, housing alternatives, finances and legal concerns \u2013 all at no cost.\u201d<\/p>\n For all the (often justified) grumbling people to about Starbucks\u2014at this very moment, someone is angrily typing, “BUT WHAT ABOUT [WHATEVER THEIR BEEF IS], SPRUDGE<\/em>…”\u2014the company continues to lead the charge in creating a robust employee benefits package. For more information, read the full Care@Work press release here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n All media via Starbucks<\/em><\/p>\n The post Starbucks Announces Care@Work, A Subsidized Backup Care Program<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Starbucks continues to add to their already impressive (at least by coffee industry standards) benefits package. Along with things like an expansive transgender health care policy, 100% tuition coverage for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,41],"tags":[63,45,65,47,61,49,59,55,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1328\/revisions\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/sprudge.com\/file\/2018\/10\/care-at-work2.jpg\")
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