Chart carriage is mandatory on the commercial ships that carry America’s commerce. They are also used on every Navy and Coast Guard ship, fishing and passenger vessels, and are widely carried by recreational boaters. What is a BookletChart? This BookletChart is made to help recreational boaters locate themselves on the water. It has been reduced in scale for convenience, but otherwise contains all the information of the full-scale nautical chart.
The following data illustrate these benefits: The Maryland Child Care Resource Network reports that workers miss more than seven workdays each year due to dependent care problems, (looking for care, unanticipated closings, transportation issues, etc.), and that when employers provide assistance with dependent care issues, absenteeism is reduced by 20 to 30 percent (Implementing Work/Life Programs Employer Tool Kit, Maryland Committee for Children/Maryland Child Care Resource Network, 1999). According to the 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce, workers who perceive that the organizational culture is supportive of their family and personal needs are more committed to and more likely to remain with their employer (The 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce, Bond, Galinsky, Swanberg, Families and Work Institute, 1998). In an assessment of the NationsBank child care subsidy program, the bank acknowledged that there was one-third lower turnover in staff and an increase in worker productivity because parents had fewer worries about child care (Implementing Work/Life Programs Employer Tool Kit, Maryland Committee for Children/Maryland Child Care Resource Network, 1999). To date, six Federal agencies have implemented a child care subsidy program, and an additional six have submitted letters of intent to OPM. Within HHS, FDA, PSC, SAMSHA, and OS/AOA have all committed money for this purpose.