Internal Proposal
Baton Construction
To: Mathew Baton, CEO of Baton Construction
From: John Smith, Associate of Baton Construction
Date: February 5, 2014
Subject: Proposal for Day Care Center
Baton Construction Company is an ever-growing company that currently employs over 500 of some of the most enthusiastic and passionate employees I have seen. While it continues to see success and expansion, Baton Construction has held true to its promise of providing stability and equal benefits to employees, thereby beating any odds of seeing high turnover and has been able to retain its satisfied employees.
Though, with all of the positives that come with the rapid growth of our company, there is one area of concern, in particular, that I will address within this proposal, and that is employee absenteeism.
There is a connection between efficiency or productivity and employees who have children. The Child Care Action Campaign estimated that employers in the United have lost up to $3 billion each year as a result of child care-related absences. According to Work-Life Researcher Cindy Carillo, “The average American working parent misses nine days of work per year. As their children move through daycare and into elementary school, the number of days increases to thirteen.”
My proposal is to include a top of the line Day Care Center for our hard-working parents that will provide efficient services for their children while they are giving Baton Construction their full attention during the working day. This will not only boost employee morale, but it has also been reported that 85 percent of the employers which decided to provide child care services to their employees and employees children have seen an improvement in both production and recruitment and almost two out of three employers have found that when these services are provided, their turnover rate has reduced significantly.
Problems of Absenteeism
According to Karen Shellenback, author of Child Care & Parent
To: Mathew Baton, CEO of Baton Construction
From: John Smith, Associate of Baton Construction
Date: February 5, 2014
Subject: Proposal for Day Care Center
Baton Construction Company is an ever-growing company that currently employs over 500 of some of the most enthusiastic and passionate employees I have seen. While it continues to see success and expansion, Baton Construction has held true to its promise of providing stability and equal benefits to employees, thereby beating any odds of seeing high turnover and has been able to retain its satisfied employees.
Though, with all of the positives that come with the rapid growth of our company, there is one area of concern, in particular, that I will address within this proposal, and that is employee absenteeism.
There is a connection between efficiency or productivity and employees who have children. The Child Care Action Campaign estimated that employers in the United have lost up to $3 billion each year as a result of child care-related absences. According to Work-Life Researcher Cindy Carillo, “The average American working parent misses nine days of work per year. As their children move through daycare and into elementary school, the number of days increases to thirteen.”
My proposal is to include a top of the line Day Care Center for our hard-working parents that will provide efficient services for their children while they are giving Baton Construction their full attention during the working day. This will not only boost employee morale, but it has also been reported that 85 percent of the employers which decided to provide child care services to their employees and employees children have seen an improvement in both production and recruitment and almost two out of three employers have found that when these services are provided, their turnover rate has reduced significantly.
Problems of Absenteeism
According to Karen Shellenback, author of Child Care & Parent
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