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The Challenges of Balancing Work and Caregiving

A new study supplied by a pair of Harvard Business School researchers finds that employers often underappreciate the struggles their employees face in balancing their professional are caregiving responsibilities. Caregiving will expand as both more children and older people come to depend on those of prime working age. Nearly three quarters of workers in America face some form of caregiving responsibility. Among those workers, 32% indicate that they have left a job because they could not balance work and family duties.  

Anirban tells us more. 

Anirban Basu, Chariman Chief Executive Officer of Sage Policy Group (SPG), is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's leading economic consultants. Prior to founding SPG he was Chairman and CEO of Optimal Solutions Group, a company he co-founded and which continues to operate. Anirban has also served as Director of Applied Economics and Senior Economist for RESI, where he used his extensive knowledge of the Mid-Atlantic region to support numerous clients in their strategic decision-making processes. Clients have included the Maryland Department of Transportation, St. Paul Companies, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Players Committee and the Martin O'Malley mayoral campaign.