| Study highlights employee programs
UK's Institute for Workplace Innovation (iWin) recently released a report highlighting Kentucky businesses that accommodate personal needs of employees while maintaining productivity in the workplace. UK's own Elder Care Program was featured in the report.
Diane Loeffler, co-author of the study and research associate at iWin, said the purpose of the report, titled "Making Workplaces Work: Employer Best Practices in Kentucky," was to showcase the advances being made in Kentucky businesses.
The study focused on 24 businesses in 19 different cities across the state. Some of the programs recognized in the study include businesses that allow flexible hours so employees can attend their children's school or sporting events, health and fitness programs for all employees, 24-hour on-site childcare, and employer- assisted housing programs.
Judgment favors Aspen baby sitters
ASPEN - Two baby sitters won judgments in small claims court Wednesday, when a entrepreneur who faces check fraud charges in Aspen and a laundry list of civil suits in his native California, failed to appear.
Frommer said Tuesday that he would pay one baby sitter, adding that the other had filled out paperwork incorrectly.
"He's such a joker," said a frustrated Jennifer Currie, owner of Aspen Baby Sitting Co. "I haven't heard from anybody. I can't believe he gets away with telling people he's paying everyone off."
Currie and Patricia Smyth, a nanny Currie subcontracted from an agency in Boulder, said they just want payment for around-the-clock nanny services Frommer's family used in December and January.
Judge Erin Fernandez-Ely awarded Smyth a judgment of $7,500 - the maximum in small claims court - and Currie $3,449 (both with additional court fees).
Groves confident of upturn
SHARES in childcare giant ABC Learning Centres have fallen more than one-fifth in the past three months, but founder Eddy Groves is arguing the next half-year will prove fruitful. The share price slide has come amid questions about ABC's growth in the US, where it has expanded quickly since 2005 with plans for 1000-plus centres by July. After a 45 per cent spike in the previous three months, ABC shares peaked at a record high of $8.62 on December 14 – the day it announced a $680 million deal to buy centres on three continents. But the stock, which closed at $6.70 yesterday, could not hold that peak and is now down more than 22 per cent, or $1.92. Analysts have also noted some investors have questioned "the apparent complexity" of accounting at Brisbane-based ABC, which caters for children aged from infants to schoolchildren.
All about the children of Carrot River
In an emotionally charged presentation, Casper's Early Learning Co-operative Centre officially opened its doors on Feb. 28, which included special guest Provincial Learning Minister Deb Higgins. By Melissa Mangelsen Journal Staff
Wednesday March 07, 2007 .
Sparks High opens Student & Family Support Center
Sparks High School students and their families are covered by a whole new level of support as the school opened its Student & Family Support Center on Thursday. The center on 12th Street near the school features a food and clothing pantry, countless resources and referrals available, and space to hold support groups and classes. The new support center and the Sparks High community center â€" which provides daycare, classes and referrals " will combine their efforts to reach more students and the wider Sparks community. The food pantry also offers free coats, blankets, baby food and formula and baby clothes. It is the fourth food pantry to open in a high school in Washoe County. The other three are located at North Valleys, Galena and Damonte Ranch High Schools.
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