Now is the perfect time for employers to evaluate how they support their female employees, especially mothers, following Mother's Day. Forty-three percent of highly skilled women leave the workforce when they become mothers—with many who may not have wanted to leave their jobs but may have felt compelled to do so due to a lack of employer support.

Employers can further support their employees' needs by providing adequate family-centric benefits.

How family-centric benefits can help your organization

Today, when the workforce demands sufficient work-life balance, providing these types of benefits is crucial to creating a workplace that fosters productivity and retains great talent to meet business goals. Offering family-centric benefits can help your organization in the following ways:

• Reducing employee turnover
• Increasing productivity and improving morale
• Enhancing the company's reputation as a family-friendly employer
• Fostering diversity, equity and inclusion
• Improving the ability to recruit and retain multigenerational talent

Attracting & retaining skilled women

A wealth of family-centric benefits is available for employers to explore for attracting and retaining skilled women, including mothers. It can be as simple as implementing a flexible work schedule or as complex as investing in on-site daycare services. Other possible family-centric benefits include: