"The program will start in the governor's office, Indiana Department of Health and the State Personnel Department, according to a Tuesday news release, and state government officials believe it can generate higher morale, increase job satisfaction and motivate higher productivity. Kirollos Barsoum, spokesperson for the state personnel department, said the state government doesn't operate a child care or nursery program, and the pilot doesn't create new work-from-home programs."
""The policy was developed to give State of Indiana agencies a structured way to support new parents during the earliest months of their child's life without compromising workplace productivity," Barsoum said in a Friday email. "The pilot includes three agencies ... and aims to ease employees' transition back to work, keep experienced staff engaged, reduce turnover, and reflect practices that have been effective in other states looking to strengthen family-supportive workplaces.""
Taking care of a newborn is a full-time job and returning to work can be difficult, according to women's health professionals. Indiana announced a Family First Workplace policy permitting some full-time state employees to bring infants to work until six months old. The pilot begins in the governor's office, Department of Health and State Personnel Department and aims to boost morale, job satisfaction, productivity, retain experienced staff and ease transitions. The state does not operate childcare and the pilot does not create new remote-work programs. Infants may be biological or adoptive; a coworker must serve as an alternative caregiver for up to one hour daily.
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