Ministry of Labor: almost 900 employers have already joined the initiative “Companies friendly to parents”

Almost 900 enterprises and organizations of Belarus have joined the social initiative “Companies friendly to parents” in five years, the press service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection told sb.by.

The department informed:

The Parent-Friendly Companies initiative started in 2021 and has so far been joined by nearly 900 businesses and organizations.

The authors of the initiative “Parent-Friendly Companies” are the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Belarus. The initiative is aimed at promoting among employers socially significant and economically beneficial practices of creating favorable jobs and working conditions for parent employees, built on the principles of gender equality, family and work balance.

Currently, employers who have joined the initiative additionally offer one-time financial assistance (83.4 percent at the birth of children, 79 percent at marriage, 75.2 percent for preparation for the school year), regular financial assistance (18.5 percent) to large families, single parents, as well as employees raising a disabled child. More than 55 percent of organizations fully or partially pay for vouchers for children of employees in suburban health camps, sanatoriums and dispensaries. One in five enterprises organize career guidance activities for the children of employees aged 14-18 years, and 36.7 percent of enterprises involve employees on parental leave in corporate life. Family is more important than career: the Ministry of Labor told about the priorities of Belarusian women