Family Forward NC is an innovative initiative to improve children’s health and well-being and keep North Carolina’s businesses competitive. It is employer-led change to increase access to research-based, family-friendly practices — big and small — that improve workplace productivity, recruitment and retention; grow a strong economy; and support children’s healthy development.
Business Smart.
Family-friendly workplaces have a strong competitive advantage.
Family Friendly.
The benefits of family-friendly workplaces are numerous and long-lasting.
Future Ready.
To prepare our future workforce for success, we have to start in early childhood.
Families Have Changed.
But workplaces haven’t.
Seventy-five percent of US mothers and fifty percent of US fathers say they’ve passed up work opportunities, switched jobs, or quit to care for their children.Footnote # 1
Family Forward in Action
The Current Labor Shortage is Bigger Than Increasing Wages
By Jim Needell, HR consultant, Performentor Jim Needell is an HR expert who works with hospitality and food and beverage employers to incorporate innovative people practices. As an HR consultant…
The US Chamber of Commerce Executive Briefing: The Key Takeaways
Ask any working parent, and they’ll tell you the struggle to find affordable, quality childcare has been a problem for years. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, however, the problem worsened.…
Family Forward NC Teams up with the NC Food & Beverage Podcast to Talk Family-Friendly Policies in the Restaurant Industry
Who doesn’t love a good podcast? Or a good meal recommendation? Or a restaurant that offers its employees family-friendly policies? Family Forward NC and the North Carolina Food & Beverage…