Caregiver Inclusion Workplace AssessmenT
This guide is for organizations and leaders who want to assess how effectively their workplace supports working mothers and caregivers—and identify the changes needed to become a more inclusive, high-performing employer of choice.
Contributed By: Jessica Grant · Director, Employer Brand & Culture
The Core cHallenge
Many organizations want to support working mothers and caregivers, but struggle to understand where intention fails to translate into a consistent employee experience. This audit helps leaders identify workplace barriers that can undermine engagement, retention, advancement and performance – particularly in the moments that matter most. By highlighting gaps across policy, leadership culture, measurement, and work design, this tool helps organizations create conditions for more employees to succeed and contribute at their full potential.
Key INsight
One of the biggest misconceptions organizations make is believing that simply offering flexibility solves the challenges working mothers face. In reality, many workplaces still operate through outdated norms around availability, visibility, workload, and career progression that can quietly disadvantage mothers long after flexible policies are introduced.
Jessica Grant advises organizations across industries on employer branding, culture, and employee experience strategies that strengthen culture and talent outcomes. Her work focuses on how workplace systems, management practices, and employee experience shape trust, performance, and retention—particularly for working mothers and caregivers, recognizing that those experiences can differ across identity and circumstance. She believes better work design is a competitive advantage that strengthens retention, performance, and long-term business outcomes.
