Research has found that not only parents but also their child-free colleagues benefit when a company offers stable quality care because there are fewer disruptions, fewer absences, and higher productivity and morale: Child-care breakdowns that lead to employee absence cost businesses an estimated $3 billion every year.72 “The bottom line,” wrote Cali Yost, a consultant who helps companies devise business strategies for better work-life “fit,” “is that you benefit when the parents you work with have support.”73
