On at least one major oil and gas project in the west, I've heard of a child care facility being provided on site, or close to the site, to allow women who are heavy equipment operators to drop their kids off before work and then pick them up after work without having to drive three hours out of the way.
The report I heard was that it is a very successful program, so successful, in fact, that this site ended up teaching grades one, two, and three as part of their facility. The costs of the child care were offset by the savings the company saw in their maintenance and equipment replacement costs.