Wyoming child care benefits disappeared

A survey of businesses in Wyoming finds
that more than 19,000 workers lost their company child-care
benefits during the Great Recession.
     Advocates for child-care services say that is a severe blow to a
state that has worked hard over recent years to improve child-care
access as a way to help attract new jobs and workers.
     Marc Homer of the Wyoming Children's Action Alliance says it's
shortsighted for businesses to cut back on child-care benefits for
employees.
     The survey was conducted by the Wyoming Department of Workforce
Services.
     Retirement benefits were the only benefit category that saw more
cutbacks by businesses in the state between 2008 and 2010. More
than 21,700 workers saw their retirement benefits taken away.