Stronger Families. Stronger Workforce.
Practical workforce support for employees who work away from home — and the families who support them.
When work regularly takes employees away from home, the impact is shared by the family. Long Distance Family helps employers understand where work-related separation is creating pressure and gives employees and families practical tools to navigate time apart, stay connected and transition home.
Work Away From Home Affects More Than the Worker
Rotational schedules, frequent travel, extended assignments and other work-away arrangements can create meaningful opportunities for employees and their families.
They can also create unique pressures.
Time apart can affect communication, parenting, household responsibilities, connection, expectations and the transition back home.
Most workplace wellness programs are designed around the individual employee.
Long Distance Family focuses on a part of the employee experience that can easily be overlooked:
the family system surrounding the worker.
We help organizations better understand that experience and provide practical support without intruding into employees’ private lives.
A Practical Approach to Work-Related Separation
Families who regularly spend time apart often move through a recurring cycle.Long Distance Family develops practical tools and workforce support around these real transition points.
How We Help Organizations
Our approach is simple:
Listen
Understand what employees and families are experiencing.
Understand
Identify where work-related separation is creating the greatest pressure and what support employees would actually value.
Equip
Provide employees and families with practical tools they can use before, during and after periods apart.
Respond
Help HR and People & Culture teams identify realistic opportunities to strengthen workforce and family support.
Ready-to-use resources for organizations with employees who spend time away from home
The LDF Work-Away Family Support Kit gives HR and People & Culture teams a practical, ready-to-deploy set of resources for employees and families navigating recurring work-related separation.
Designed for organizations that want to provide meaningful support without committing to a facilitated program or consulting engagement, the kit can be purchased, downloaded and implemented internally at your own pace.
The resources are built around the realities of the work-away cycle — preparing for time apart, staying connected, managing responsibilities, returning home and resetting for the next period away.
What’s Included
HR Implementation Guide
A simple step-by-step guide for introducing the resources to your workforce and making them easy for employees and families to access.
LDF Family Field Guide
A practical digital guide for employees and families navigating time apart, communication, responsibilities, parenting and transitions home.
Manager Conversation Guide
Clear guidance to help supervisors support employees appropriately without crossing personal or professional boundaries.
Employee & Family Tools
Ready-to-use worksheets and conversation guides, including:
Before You Leave Check-In
Expectations Planner
Communication Agreement
Home Responsibilities Planner
Parenting From Away prompts
Coming Home Conversation
Re-entry Check-In
Next Rotation Reset
Bonus Strategies
Employer Communications Pack
Ready-to-customize materials to help launch the resources internally, including employee email copy, partner/family messaging, manager communications and intranet content.
HR Discussion Guide
A practical resource to help HR and People & Culture teams consider where additional workforce and family support may be valuable.
No consultation is required. Built to Be Used Immediately.
The LDF Work-Away Family Support Kit is designed to complement existing wellness, benefit and employee-support programs. Purchase includes a one-time organizational license and digital access to the Work-Away Family Support Kit for internal use within one organization.
Products & Services
Work-Away Family Support Kit - $1,295 CAD
A ready-to-deploy resource package for employers supporting employees who regularly work away from home—and the families who support them.
Includes the Family Field Guide, Work-Away Family Support Webinar, practical employee and family tools, HR implementation guidance, manager resources, and ready-to-use launch materials.
Work-Away Family Support Session - $2,250 CAD
A live, practical session designed to help employees and families better understand the Work-Away Family Cycle and navigate the pressures that come with recurring time apart.
Includes a customized 75-minute session, Family Field Guide, practical tools, Q&A, and employer communication support.
Workforce Pulse - $, 2,950 CAD
A confidential employee pulse that helps organizations better understand how work-related separation is affecting employees and families.
Includes survey deployment, theme analysis, a Workforce Family Insights Brief, and an HR results review to help identify practical areas for support.
Workforce Family Support Pilot - $4,950 CAD
A more comprehensive engagement that combines workforce insight, employee and family education, and employer action planning.
Includes the Workforce Pulse, Family Insights Brief, customized live session, Family Field Guide, Employer Action Map, and HR Action Lab.
Built for Workforces that Spend Time Apart
Long Distance Family is industry-neutral because work-related separation exists across many sectors.
We support organizations with employees working in arrangements such as:
rotational and remote work
project-based assignments
frequent business travel
extended deployments
transportation and multi-day routes
field-based work
specialized operations
other roles requiring regular time away from home
Different industries.
Different schedules.
Many of the same family pressures.
Why Long Distance Family?
Specialized
We focus specifically on the intersection between work-related separation, employees and family life.
Practical
Our goal is not simply to raise awareness. Employees and families receive tools they can actually use.
Workforce-Focused
We help HR and People & Culture teams understand what employees are experiencing and identify realistic opportunities for support.
Family-Inclusive
Where appropriate, partners and families can participate directly rather than being treated as an invisible part of the employee experience.
Respectful of Boundaries
Long Distance Family is not counselling, psychotherapy or an employee-relations investigation.
We provide education, workforce insight and practical family-support resources while respecting employee privacy.
Built From Lived Experience.
Long Distance Family was created from firsthand experience with the realities of having work regularly take a family member away from home.
Samantha Bahan Fehr combines that lived perspective with more than a decade of experience across mental health, human services and human resources.
That combination shapes LDF's approach:
listen first, understand the experience, and provide practical support that respects both the worker and the family.
Insights on Work, Family & Distance
Practical insights for employers, employees and families navigating work-related separation.
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You Already Support Your Employees.
We help you support the people behind them too.
If your organization relies on employees who regularly spend time away from home, Long Distance Family can help you understand the family side of that experience and determine what practical support could look like for your workforce.
Not Ready for a Full Pilot?
Start with the Work-Away Family Support Kit, Work-Away Family Support Session or Workforce Pulse.
