This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
Learn more
OK
Skip to main content (Press Enter).
Sign In / Sign up
Skip auxiliary navigation (Press Enter).
Employer Resource Center
Skip main navigation (Press Enter).
Toggle navigation
Search Options
Age Inclusive Workforce
Commit to an Age-Inclusive Culture
Include Age in Diversity & Inclusion
Follow Age-Inclusive Recruitment Practices
Provide Flexibility and Accessibility
Age-Friendly Technology
Create Pathways for Softer Exits and Easier Onboarding
Practice Age-Inclusive Management
Upskill the Workforce/Develop a Learning Culture
Leverage Age-Diversity
Adopt “Universal Design” Mindset for Compensation & Benefits
Employer Spotlight
Sign the Pledge
Family and Caregiving
Why Care About Caregivers
How to Care for Caregivers
Medicare Resources
Additional Resources
Employee Resources
Financial Wellness
Caregiving
Medicare
Social Security
Small Business Resources
Action Plans
Family and Caregiving
How to Care for Caregivers
Supporting Military & Veteran Caregivers at Work
Supporting Military & Veteran Caregivers at Work
In June 2019, a group of more than 20 executives from private- and public-sector organizations, in collaboration with AARP, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes Program, gathered for the inaugural Military and Veteran Caregiver Employment Taskforce meeting. Throughout multiple sessions and subsequent conversations, Taskforce members identified key challenges working family caregivers of military service members face when trying to balance their care responsibilities with full- or part-time employment or when entering or re-entering the workforce.
Similarly, Taskforce members identified challenges employers face when accommodating employees who are family caregivers of military service members, including concerns of job readiness for those re-entering the workforce and productivity issues for existing employees. From there, they outlined key strategies for employers to implement, such as increasing the number of positions with flexible schedules and remote opportunities, expanding leave policies, creating customized benefits, enhancing
employee assistance programs (EAPs), and leveraging employee resource groups (ERGs) to ensure employees receive adequate care, peer and leadership support and consideration. Each idea that met with approval was identified as a significant step for
employers to take in order to embrace and support working family military caregivers.
This Guide is Intended for:
Human resource managers and leadership
Small business owners with a military and veteran-based workforce
Use this guide to:
Win buy-in from key influencers in your organization to support military and veteran employees
Shape policies and procedures that focus on supporting military and veteran employees
SIGN IN / SIGN UP TO DOWNLOAD
Copyright 2023. All rights reserved.
Copyright 2023. All rights reserved.
Powered by Higher Logic