Except for certain conglomerates and state-run companies, a majority of companies do little to meet the childcare needs of their female workers.
Under the current law, companies with more than 300 full-time female employees or more than 500 total employees are required to establish an employer-supported childcare facility, which can accommodate children aged between one and six.
However, according to the data by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Ministry of Labor, 51 percent of the companies out of the 533 companies, whose number of female workers exceeds 300 or that of total workers exceeds 500, failed to establish an employer-supported childcare facility, as of the end of 2008.
While child-care centers including public, private and family day-care centers totaled 33,499, the number of employer-supported childcare centers was a fraction at 350, as of the end of 2008, the government data showed.
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UVic needs child care and is considering Kids & Co
There is a desperate need for additional child care spaces in the Victoria area. According to a recent report submitted to the Board of Governors; Kids & Co (a national provider of corporate child care services) are being considered.
This has resulted in mixed reactions here in BC. Here are some links to recent postings regarding this issue:
UVic Child Care Action Group
From the group's Facebook Page –
As you may be aware, faculty, students and staff with young children
face a particular challenge of finding adequate childcare to support
their families and their careers. While childcare facilities on campus
are excellent, they come nowhere near to meeting the demand; incoming
faculty are told that the wait-list is two years or more, and many are
never called. As a result, we have formed a group of concerned faculty,
students and staff – the University Childcare Action Group – to
organize an awareness campaign across campus, with the long-term goal
of creating more childcare spaces on campus. We have been inspired by a
similar initiative at the University of British Columbia, which
succeeded in doubling the size of the childcare programme. We are
moving in several directions to increase awareness of this issue,
bringing scores of individual stories, needs and concerns to the
attention of the administration.
Child Care Advocates of BC – BC government inaction invites big box, corporate child care at University of Victoria
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