This document, published online by the US Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) provides best practices that employers may adopt to reduce the chance of EEO violations against caregivers, and to remove barriers to equal employment opportunity.  The entire document (of approximately 8 pages) is footnoted with the sources for the statements made. In general the EEOC […]

This MetLife Mature Market Institute study of the Caregiving  Cost to Working Caregivers published in June 2011 analyzed data from the National Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to determine the extent to which older adult children provide care to their parents, the roles gender and work play in that caregiving, and the potential cost to […]

Published in 2004 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services in cooperation with the National Alliance for Caregiving, this publication is designed to serve as a workbook for managers with employees providing eldercare.  Most importantly, the workbook provides guidance on basic, no-cost steps companies can take to begin to incorporate eldercare sensitive policies, including […]

A toolkit for members from the National Business Group on Health was created to give benefit professionals and senior executives a broad overview of the multifaceted challenges both employees and employers are encountering due to changing demographics. Baby boomers are staying in the workforce for longer periods due to rising health costs and economic uncertainty. […]