In today’s society the majority of parents now work, regardless the age of their children. Providing day care in the workplace can have many benefits for companies, including improving employee morale, lowering turnover and attracting a wider variety of applicants. Moreover, It’s mandatory to offer onsite/near site daycare facilities for employees under the Maternity Benefit Act-2017
There are various models that can be adopted by corporate India based on their requirements. Here are some of the prevalent ones.
Onsite daycare – An exclusive facility set up in the office premises only for employees. In this kind of an arrangement, the organization partners with a specialized childcare service company. Typically the set up and infrastructure cost is borne by the corporate and the operating partner runs the daycare typically offering concessional rates to employees. Organizations like Hindustan Unilever Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Axis Bank, AmarchandMangaldas, Godrej, BhartiAirtel etc. have an onsite daycare facility for their employees.
Near-site daycare – In case an onsite model is not feasible because of space constraints or the absence of a sizeable number of employees who want to use the facility, companies opt for corporate tie-ups with a daycare centre close to the office. Organizations like Adobe and Microsoft have near site centers
Multiple tie-ups – In this arrangement, the corporate ties up with multiple daycare centres to provide a range of options to their employees. The tie-up can be with a single partner who runs multiple centres or with multiple partners. Flipkart, Cognizant and many IT companies have tie-ups with daycare companies for their employees.
In all the above arrangements, the corporates can provide varying degrees of financial support to the employees, e.g. subsidy on fees, full or partial reimbursement against expenses etc.
With companies rushing in to provide crèche support to their employees, having a right daycare partner is important.
Following childcare centres supports companies with corporate childcare and by providing state of the art Creche facility-
Amelio– was founded in 2008 by two women who graduated from Harvard Business School with the firm belief that women CAN have it all – a fulfilling career AND loving, well cared for children, Amelio isproviding day care centre, preschools for all children near your workplace at Chennai & Bangalore. They follow safety as an obsession, clean & tidy classrooms, best in class student teacher ratio and a curriculum that allows children to freely explore the world through their curiosity and builds on their natural abilities
Klay– Schools are a chain of high-end & multi platform education services and caters across India to age group of 1-10 years of kids. KLAY believe that children’s minds in their formative years are like clay and need to be provided the right environment to flourish. KLAY is the best playschool that would help you in your journey of bringing up your little one by providing the right education, values and ideals, as your little one gets ready to step into the bright future.
Little Big World – was found in 2012, it is a chain of corporate childcare centres across Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Baramati and Satara. Catering to 1000+ daycare seats across its onsite and nearsite daycares, Little Big World boasts of a roster of MNC, IT, manufacturing clients for whom they run onsite childcare centres as well as offer bulk seats at their nearsite daycares.
Safari Kid– has emerged as a preferred corporate daycare partner for lot of companies. Safari Kid child care center is an international chain of preschools and after school programs. Safari Kid has over 40 centres across seven countries (USA, UK, Canada, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai and India). In India, there are multiple centres across Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Delhi with a plan to launch 15 more centres by the end of 2019.
IPSAA– is one of the most high quality daycare & preschool chain in India. They work like a large Indian home for children where they create wonderful experiences for kids, enrich their thoughts and add joy to their journey of growing up. They have presence across 10 cities of India. They partner with parents to provide quality childcare thus empowering mothers and creating happy families