Examples of family-friendly policies:

• Flex-time. For employees with family obligations, control of their time may be the most valuable benefit an employer can give. Depending upon the organization, flex-time gives employees complete freedom to design their own work schedule, or choose from among several set options (working a 4-day, rather than a 5-day week, for instance).
• Parental leave. This is a short-term option that allows a parent to take an afternoon or a day off to pick up a sick child at school or tend to one at home, attend a school performance or athletic event, or otherwise minister to a child’s needs.
• Employee and family health benefits. These may include not only generous health and dental insurance policies, but on-site wellness centers,on-site fitness centers or subsidies for joining a gym, and even health-and-fitness-oriented programs for employees’ children or partners.
• Child care. On-site day care isn’t the only option here. An employer might subsidize employees’child care, paying all or some part of approved arrangements. Other possibilities are to provide referrals to reliable child care, or reserve slots at particular facilities for employees’ children.
• Elder care. Although very few employers, if any, actually provide elder day care or home care,many provide resources and referrals - and even subsidies - for such care.
• Tuition for employee education. College scholarships or loans for employees' children. An employer may award scholarships on a merit or need basis to the children of employees, or may actually pay or lend some amount of tuition for each employee’s child who attends college.