The New Plus-One: Babies in the Workplace

This article was originally published in the March 2020 issue of the “On the Front Lines” newsletter by Erin Price in Sacramento.

With the rising cost of child care, and the fact that both parents are employed in more than half of two-parent families, the option for employers to allow employees to bring their infant children with them to work is becoming increasingly popular. This article looks at the pros and cons of such an arrangement and discusses what kinds of policies and procedures can help set expectations and maximize benefits.