“The day shift, you aren’t [earning] much, but I couldn’t work the night, because I needed to be there with [my daughter], because she was young… But sometimes I did work at night, and when I did work at night, I had people that came to the house from my church to stay with her.” —WORKING MOM ✦ The tipped subminimum wage exacerbates the need for nightcare due to the lack of a dependable wage. [...] The structured focus groups and interviews with restaurant workers in New York documented where and how workers ac- cessed child care during non-traditional hours, or nightcare, what they knew about the unlicensed networks of providers that specialize in low-wage workers who need nightcare, the experience of moving in between child care and restaurant work, and 4 how they afforded child care gener. [...] “Well, we have a lot of parents, and parents of real small kids… those of us in the restaurant industry understand that their workweek includes weekends, and what, one of the things that we do try to do is get you on a regular schedule based on the availability that you tell us. [...] 3).15 As a result of the challenges of scheduling and nightcare, four of the workers we interviewed either currently or previously worked as child care providers, and one worker was seeking support to work as a child care provider. [...] So I do think that… the ability to control a little bit more of the front of house pay into the hands of the business instead of the hands of the guests… also empowers the employees to have more of a say in how they work.” —EMPLOYER 14 Employers also suggested expanded public nightcare services, a social benefit sys- tem to provide quality child care, a bank of trained temporary workers to support.
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