Starbucks Follows Home Depot, Apple and Ups Its Care Benefits

Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its care benefits, following similar moves by Apple and Home Depot to entice employees, reports Fox Business . Through a partnership with Care.com, the company plans to offer all employees — corporate, in-store, and part-time — 10 subsidized backup care days annually. In-home care will only cost Starbucks workers $1 per hour, with in-center backup childcare costing $5 per day. All employees will have access to limitless senior care planning and a premium membership at Care.com at no charge. Starbucks already provides mental health benefits via the Employee Assistance Program and paid parental leave, while earlier this year it announced a Partner and Family Sick Time benefit permitting U.S. partners to accumulate paid sick time based on hours worked and use it for themselves or for a relative who needs care. In 2017, Apple announced via backup care firm Bright Horizons that employees are eligible for up to 10 days of care per calendar year. Home Depot has a similar program, also offered through Bright Horizons, for all workers who have been with the company at least 12 months, in addition to a childcare center offering full-time spots for any of their associates in Atlanta.