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The 46-year-old senior GRA manager faced the challenge of arranging a daycare spot for his daughter from Singapore.

Families in Germany are far from equal participation in work and family duties. The results of a recent study show that there is still a significant gap between aspirations and reality.

For a long time, Silvia L. had taken care of her own mother herself, even though she worked full-time.

When Jutta Ritter was expecting her first child in early summer 2015, she promptly organized childcare for her return to work after parental leave, corresponding to her position as a senior office manager at a large law firm.

She had been at home with her baby for eight months before Stephanie S. returned to her desk at Daimler in May 2015. The childcare was actually arranged, but it didn't really go smoothly.

Grandparents on Loan for thyssenkrupp Employees - Grandparents-for-Hire Project Now Launches in the Ruhr Area - Searching for fairies in the garden, playing Ludo, or reading fairy tales? 

At some point, my brother and I thought: Something isn't right," recalls Maria Glück,* when she talks about how the visits with her 72-year-old father went. 

It's a good thing my colleague handed me the famPLUS flyer; my father-in-law and we are doing much better now!" beams Barbara Maier when she talks about her experiences with famPLUS. 

How important it is for an employee to be able to do their job without worries about their closest relatives was something Karl P.* knew theoretically from his work in healthcare.

It's not easy to concentrate on work when, as in the case of Julia W.*, the health and care situation of the 70-year-old mother is causing great concern. 

In the middle of Hamburg, at Rödingsmarkt, famPLUS employee Thomas Tietjen moved into his office in the office community "Mediadeck" in June 2015 and takes care of the concerns of companies and employees in Hamburg on-site.

Originally, Hartung Wilstermann wanted to do something good for his employees because, as the managing director, he feels socially obligated to them. 

For 20 years, Wayne and Ute C. have cared for their son Max, who was born with the hereditary disease "Fragile X Syndrome." Then he needed an apprenticeship and a place to live - a wearisome search began for the parents.

One ought to be Brazilian. Or South African, or even Indonesian. Because women from these countries are the most optimistic worldwide regarding the compatibility of career and family, as a new study by Thomson Reuters and the Rockefeller Foundation shows. A total of 9,500 women from the 20 most important industrial and emerging countries were surveyed for this.

Flexible and reliable childcare options are scarce, especially in large cities. Lucky are the few who can rely on grandparents in difficult situations. And the rest?