cer·ti·fi·ca·tion /sərdifiˈkāSH(ə)n/ process of providing someone or something with an official document attesting to a status or level of achievement
Family Academy of Management (FAM) designates a business as a "FAM Friendly Certified Business" based on an assessment of the following criteria:
Providing Flex time- freedom to alter work time or remote work when one’s child is ill
Sick child care days
Adult family member care
Provides up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new child
Men and women eligible
Incentives for parents to take at least 6 weeks
Allows flexibility including splitting up time and easing back into full-time work Ensure time is used by male and female employees
Lactation support for women, such as private areas
Fertility treatment coverage
Paid adoption leave
Take child to work days
Child care assistance such as subsidized child care cost or on site care
Develop a policy of family friendly benefits and train managers to utilize and promote the policy (to ensure that the policy is hardwired into company culture)
Leadership program
Mentoring programs
Networks for working parents
Professional development for new parent
Wellness program
New parent counselling programs
Stress relieve advice and activities
Resources on diapers, formula and supplement etc.
Innovative programs