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Caring For Dear Old Dad Gets A Little Easier

Freddie Mac started offering backup child care to its employees in December 2001 to keep them at work and happy. This December, responding to changing demographics in its workforce, it extended that benefit to let employees care for their elderly relatives.

"It's an enormous drain on productivity" when employees are faced with taking care of elderly relatives, said Randall Abbott, a senior consultant with Watson Wyatt Worldwide. "It creates a real challenge on their ability to be at work, stay at work and focus on work."

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