NewsFlash: Closed Childcare Causes Workplace Complications
(Disclaimer: NewsFlash! is a section of The HR Lady Blog that showcases articles and posts from other organizations that are relevant to human resources.) Closed Schools, Camps and Day Cares Raise Workplace Complications for Managers With no end in sight to the pandemic, managers navigate a confusing landscape of child care conflicts Florida State University seemed to draw a line in the sand last month in the COVID-19-era debate over work and child care. In a memo, the school stated that employees could no longer care for their children while they worked remotely, reinstating a prepandemic policy. The announcement sparked a national backlash and media coverage in news outlets including The New York Times , New York Post and People magazine. And within days, the university was forced to reverse course. "We want to be clear—our policy does allow employees to work from home while caring for children," the university said in a statement. That revers...