Carers

New and updated

• Enhance leave policies to keep carers in work, employers urged

  Date:

  8 May 2019

  Type:

  News

  The chief executive of a major energy supplier is urging employers to do more to retain the almost 5 million people who juggle work and caring responsibilities.

• Carers should receive 'paid leave and a right to return to work'

  Date:

  18 March 2019

  Type:

  News

  Employees who care for loved ones should receive statutory paid leave and have the right to return to work once their circumstances change.

• Government must fulfil promises to keep carers in work

  Date:

  29 November 2018

  Type:

  News

  The government has been urged to act on the Conservative Party's 2017 pledge to introduce specific employment rights for working carers, such as statutory leave, to help keep them in the workplace.

• Government to consider five days' paid leave for working carers

  Date:

  7 August 2018

  Type:

  News

  The government has committed to exploring the case for five days' statutory paid leave for carers, but has been criticised for "barely paying lip service" to other recommendations made to help improve working carers' lives.

• Carers policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Call for evidence on returning to work after time out for caring

  Type:

  Consultations

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's analysis of responses to the call for evidence.

• Letter responding to an employee's request for time off for foster carer duties

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model letter to respond to an employee's request for time off for foster carer duties.

• Policy on supporting foster carers

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  A model policy outlining an organisation's approach to supporting foster carers, which deals with notification requirements, time off to care for new foster children, time off for dependants, parental leave, adoption leave and flexible working.

• Supporting carers: XpertHR survey 2014

  Date:

  12 May 2014

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Latest XpertHR research explores how employers support employees with caring responsibilities, including how they deal handle requests for flexible working and leave.

• Establish a policy on supporting employees who are carers

  Type:

  Tasks