In today’s world, child care is a necessary part of our life. With both parents working to meet the daily expense, it becomes crucial to find a suitable childcare solution. With the presidential election around the corner, voters are starting to realize that our government does not provide enough support for child care. In other developed countries, the governments’ help out parents with early year child care.
Europe and Canada offer their citizens paid maternity leave, quality preschools at a lower cost as well as summer activities at very nominal costs. The American public has been suffering through the indifference of their government’s attitude to childcare until now.
The lack on the US government’s part in the child care department has led to a lot of discontents and is making the parents unhappy. The main issues seem to be a lack of paid vacation and sick leave as well as the high cost of child care. It is better not to even consider college costs at the moment.
The presidential election candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have made their voice clear on this issue. Mr. Trump initially was not interested in providing paid family vacation, but recently he has changed his tune and has presented a plan for six weeks of paid maternity leave and other benefits. The proposals made by Hillary Clinton include 12 weeks of paid family vacation as well as medical leave for men and women. She also promised child care for all prekindergarten children
According to the reports of U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, workplace productivity has constantly dropped in the last three-quarters for more than two decades. This downfall has significantly contributed to an economic problem. Right from the year 2006, the workplace productivity across the major sectors have exhibited stagnancy year after year. The associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Iwan Barankay comments on the stagnant productivity levels in the U.S. The explanations offered for low productivity, however, differ in terms of each economist’s view. Robert Gordon, Professor at the Northwestern University suggests a dearth in time-saving technologies towards low productivity rates.
With the launch of computers, the work productivity improved by several folds. But in the recent days, companies are not found to invest in high-profile technological gadgets which have led to a stagnancy in work productivity. On offering incentives to workers, the productivity tends to improve. But today, the majority of the company do not invest in employee benefits. Workplace productivity also tends to decrease when a premium project is focused upon instead of aligning the day to day work schedules. The prime focus must be on the everyday paraphernalia that drives the business. With the technological strides in the future, channelizing the workplace productivity will be the prime concern.