Described are principal options through which employers may address the child care concerns of their employees. Options fall into four general categories: financial assistance, time availability, direct care services, and provision of information. The principal options in the category of financial assistance are dependent care assistance plans and flexible benefits plans offering dependent care options. Employers may make additional time available or flexible for employees through parental leave policies, part-time work options, and alternative work schedules. The most familiar and visible of the child care options is the on-site or near-site child care center, but an increasingly popular option is corporate support of family day care homes or systems, in which four or five children are cared for by a provider in the provider's home. Employers choosing to provide information on work- and family-related issues for employees can effectively raise morale and help to reduce the stress of holding two full-time jobs (as parent and employee) simultaneously. These information options include child care information services and work and family seminars. (RH)