When employers began to establish work-site daycare for children of their employees in the 1980s, many realised this was an inefficient use of their time and resources. They opted to outsource the management of their day nurseries to providers of employer-sponsored childcare.
One such provider is Bright Horizons Family Solutions. In establishing and managing corporate childcare centres, it partners with employers to create programmes to suit each company's needs, providing nurseries and emergency back-up childcare for their employees. It recruits the workforce, liaises with parents and manages finances, resources and infrastructure.
Many of the workplace nurseries are also open to the local community and support local working families. Bright Horizons also has its own nurseries for community enrolment, in which employers can also buy memberships or places. A provider may also buy out nurseries that are privately owned.
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