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Audrey Berkemeier

Audrey helps employers, HR buyers, and benefits brokers understand the outsized impact child care benefits have on employee wellbeing and satisfaction. Outside her work at Kinside, she enjoys spending time on trails with her two rescue dogs, and eating outdoors with her husband.

Finding child care in Seattle: the metro area supply problem

In the Seattle metro area, working parents and their employers are struggling with lack of child care, and it impacts families and organizations alike.

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Kinside presents: working parent horror stories

This Halloween, forget the scary movies and tune into these true stories from working parents who struggled to find, secure, and afford child care!

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Top strategies for improving gender equality at your organization

Gender equality is important for your organization’s strength. Improve your organization’s practices in hiring, pay, leadership, culture, and benefits.

Identity and self-definition: a conversation with Kinside's Shadiah Sigala

Shadiah shares her perspective on identity, building a career as a tech entrepreneur, and her experiences with child care growing up versus as a parent.

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How Employers Can Help Working Women in a Post Pandemic Job Market

Employers have an opportunity to counter the pandemic’s unequal impact on women—an ethical imperative with proven ROI.

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The Hidden Costs of Cutting Employee Benefits

In the midst of record inflation and a looming recession, organizations of all sizes are slashing employee benefits. Here’s why that costs employers more.

Top 4 must-have employee benefits in 2023

See the top 4 must-have employee benefits for 2023, according to employee demand and employer reporting—and why your organization can’t miss out on them.