Why do family benefits matter? Find out.

Welcome to this month’s Circle In #newsletter.

Family Benefits are fast becoming a must-have with 78% of employees saying a diverse workforce is important when evaluating companies and job offers. And, 2021 McKinsey research found that parents were more likely to have left their jobs than non-parent colleagues - citing caring for family in their top 5 reasons for leaving their job. That’s why it’s so important that organisations get their #familybenefits right.

Check out our handy family benefits guide here to understand and benchmark your current state.

Why do family benefits matter?

As a company committed to driving positive social change and fostering supportive and caring workplaces, our mission is to support our customers to develop policies and programs that mean their parents can be their best selves at work and at home.

Because we know when an organisation values work-life balance and recognises the importance of family responsibilities, everyone reaps the rewards:

• Increased employee morale and job satisfaction.
• Improved retention and loyalty.
• Attraction and retention of top talent.
• Enhanced diversity and inclusion.
• Increased productivity and performance.
• A positive company culture and reputation.
• Cost savings.

From Our Circle

Take a look at our customer, Art Processors, who are really stepping up and building a positive culture for their working caregivers.

In addition to their partnership with Circle In, Art Processors offers:

1. Travelling mothers support to maintain their commitment to breastfeeding by providing them with everything they need to ship their breast milk home quickly and safely.
2. A 30% subsidy for school holiday and after-school care programs up to $1,000 per family per calendar year.
3. Access to 10 days per calendar year of emergency child care if parents are asked to work or travel for work on a day they are not contracted to work.
4. Access to an additional 10 days of leave per calendar year to care for children if Annual Leave, Personal Leave or Life Leave has been exhausted.
5. A pre and post-parental leave buddy program.
6. Three instances of a meal or domestic help up to $300 per year.
7. Health Coaching.
8. Employees have a range of policies to support flexible working.
9. All parents have the option to work part-time to (50% of their contracted hours) at full-pay for the first four weeks after their return from parental leave.

Our impact

“Circle In is an invaluable tool for our caregiving team members and a key resource for supporting diversity at inclusion more broadly at Art Processors. The impact this has on our people is so powerful. They feel more supported, included and connected to their work, and the organisation. Having our people thrive here is a non-negotiable, so we are so happy to be able to provide them with all the Circle In resources to help them do just that.” - Vanessa Doake, Chief People Officer, Art Processors.

Art Processors was recently ranked in the 2023 AFR Best Place to Work in the top 10 in the tech category - a true testament to their hard work and ongoing commitment to creating a workplace that cares.

We go the extra mile

And it doesn’t stop there: this month, we are leading an event at Art Processors that showcases how our expert-led resources, blogs, and webinars can further support their people to manage the career/caregiver juggle. It’s support like this from our dedicated customer success team that really helps our customers bring their benefits to life.

Keen to find out how we can help you step up?

Hop on a free call to one of sales team here.

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