Meijer Helps Lessen Child Care Costs for Employees

Midwest retailer Meijer is helping alleviate the cost of child care for its employees by offering new care options that could help them save hundreds of dollars each year. The benefit was developed to meet the needs of all families and encompasses care for children, adult dependents and elderly family members.

All of the more than 70,000 Meijer associates are eligible for the care benefit from day one of their employment. The benefit can be used in one of two ways:

• Personal Network Option: Team members who prefer to use a care provider from their personal network are eligible to have 10% of their care costs reimbursed, regardless of whether that care is for a child, adult dependent, or elderly family member. For full-time team members, that means a reimbursement of up to $100 a month or $1,200 a year for each individual receiving care, and for part-time team members, that equates to up to $50 a month, or $600 a year for each individual receiving care.
• Learning Care Group Option: Through its partnership with Novi, Mich.-based Learning Care Group, Meijer team members will receive a 20% discount at any one of Learning Care Group's more than 1,100 schools under 11 brands, including Tutor Time, AppleTree & Gilden Woods, and Childtime. Meijer team members will also receive free initial registration for new enrollees and priority enrollment by moving to the top of the wait list.