How to Help Employees Work From Home With Children

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I remember many years ago, when I was still considered a child myself, hating the Staples “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” back-to-school commercial. It reminded me that the summer was coming to an end, which meant no more fun. Of course, my parents didn’t argue with the commercial—and totally related to the ad.

At the start of the school year last year, parents were surrounded with uncertainty about COVID-19 and what would take place. This year we all hope that the variant is under control and that all will be well. School doesn’t start for another four or five weeks, but here’s hoping that this school year will be back to the traditional fun and learning for our children and our nation.

Help Employees Work From Home With Children

As an employer, it is within your power to make this summer and then back-to-the-school year transition and getting back to the office a little more manageable. How? Well, start by implementing the following nine techniques.

1. Support the WFH Transition and Hybrids.

Even though working from home was trending upward, the reality was that prior to COVID-19, work from home applied to just over 5 percent of the workforce. Obviously, that changed in the wake of the pandemic. During COVID-19, more than half of Americans worked remotely and many want to keep it that way, now that they have the choice to return to work.