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[FloNight]

I'm not legal counsel but I do have some knowledge about company policies
related to dependant care. I've been actively following this topic for 30
years.

Assisting employees with dependent care is common in United States
companies. It is done in various ways. Working Mothers magazine tracks the
companies that provide these benefits. Today this term covers childcare as
well as elder care.

If you look at Working Mothers 100 Best Companies list, you note that
subsidized backup childcare is common among progressive companies that
want to attract a diverse workforce.

Some companies on their list also allow their traveling workforce to
expense some of their childcare related expenses. For example,
Pfizer lets their 11,000 field sales
force expense travel related child care expenses.

You will note that many on the "companies" noted
aren't for profit organizations but large not-for profit organizations
such as United
States health care systems and  universities.

As the Foundation matures and grows, I hope that it will model itself on the
companies with the most progressive benefits programs. This will include
providing progressive reimbursement policies for key Foundation personal
including board members.

Sydney aka FloNight


On 7/10/07, Aphaia <aphaia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/10/07, Arne Klempert <klempert at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 7/9/07, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > We are an American registered corporation. Because of that, we are
> > > obliged to follow American laws, and abide by American standards.
> > > Want to do things the euro way? Work for Wikimedia UK, or Wikimedia
> > > Germany.
> >
> > Until today I never considered it a good idea to relocate the WMF out
> > of the U.S.  Times are changing...
>
> Totally agreed.
>
> I don't find any demerit to have WMF as American registered
> corporation as long as it is oblidged to follow American laws. But if
> it implies also to "abide by American standard", and it means directly
> not to reimburse necessary and additional cost to serve the Board,
> such as childcare, I say, we seek another soil which agree such
> expense is considered not only legally but also ethically acceptable.
> I hope so it is not, and it is only of Dan Rosenthal  as individual. I
> would therefore love to hear our new legal counsel & coordinator.
>
>
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