• The job market is hot and new recruits are looking for more than just a paycheck.
• Your company is growing and you are competing for highly trained technical and professional employees.
• You need to improve employee retention. Other local companies offer services that help employees manage work, family and other life needs.
• You relocate employees, even from other countries. Locating childcare and housing affects their ability to start on schedule.
• The work environment is fast paced and employees are stressed dealing with time on the job, deadlines, and continuous improvement measures. you know that just as the demands of family can intrude on an employee's worklife, the demands of your fast-paced workplace intrude on home life.
• You have a young workforce with families. Employees juggle work and family schedules during the summer and school vacation weeks when school is out.
• Employees struggle to find affordable childcare or back-up programs for snow days.
• Several employees have approached Human Resources requesting information on services for an elder relative. The manager could not help them.

Resource and referral services are among today's fastest growing employee benefit programs - and with good reason!

Companies that offer resource and referral get:

	University of Texas-Houston Work/Family Task Force - predicted that a resource and referral service would payback $2-5 for every $1 invested.
	A study of Johnson & Johnson's work-family benefits found 71% of employees who used the programs said they were "very important" in their decision to stay with the company.
	88% of those offering childcare related services reported that the program increased their ability to attract employees.
	99% of Steelcase employees who found childcare through their referral program reported they were less stressed and more productive as a result of using the service.
	Childcare related absences cost employers $3 billion annually. Companies report more than a 20% reduction in unplanned absenteeism by employees using childcare related services.