A new coalition of 200 businesses will push fixes to the problems of child and elder care.
A homebound resident in the Bronx receives a dose of coronavirus vaccine. A new initiative is pushing for federally funded family and medical leave, and affordable child care and elder care.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
May 19, 2021, 7:34 a.m. ET
JPMorgan Chase, Spotify, Uber, McDonald’s and almost 200 other businesses have formed a coalition focused on ensuring that women are not held back in the labor force because they bear the brunt of caregiving in the United States.
The new Care Economy Business Council, the creation of which was announced on Wednesday, portrays the effort in stark economic terms, arguing that fixing the crumbling child and elder care systems is essential to the economic recovery.
Both snarled traffic and a morning without a home health aide can make you late for work.
By Bryce Covert
Ms. Covert, a contributing opinion writer, is an independent journalist who focuses on the economy, with an emphasis on policies that affect workers and families.
April 26, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
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Ask any of the parents who have spent the last year at home with their children, while trying to participate in Zoom meetings, whether child care enables them to show up to work and perform at their best. The direct conflict between childrenâs need to be cared for during the day and working parentsâ need to devote their attention to their jobs exploded into full view during the pandemic, not just for families but for their employers and co-workers. Suddenly it was everyoneâs problem.
Biden Takes On Sagging Safety Net With Plan to Fix Long-Term Care
The proposal to spend $400 billion over eight years faces political challenges and a funding system not designed for the burden it has come to bear.
A training program in New York for home health aides. Home care workers often make less than janitors, telemarketers or workers in food processing plants.Credit.James Estrin/The New York Times
April 15, 2021, 11:24 a.m. ET
President Biden’s $400 billion proposal to improve long-term care for older adults and those with disabilities was received as either a long overdue expansion of the social safety net or an example of misguided government overreach.
5 Health Care Jobs on the Rise
Occupations in the industry are increasingly in demand because of an aging population and longer life spans.
Nurse practitioners, a fast-growing health care job, working with patients taking part in a Covid-19 vaccine trial in Houston in February. Credit.Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times
By Kerry Hannon
This article is part of our new series on the
, which examines changes in the medical field.
Economists at the Labor Department project that from 2019 to 2029 employment in health care in the United States will grow 15 percent, much faster than the average for all occupations, adding about 2.4 million new jobs during that span.