Organisations risk alienating up to three million workers by failing to keep up with the care agenda, studies reveal.
Employers dodge policies to support working carers
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95% of carers missing out on NI credits
Nearly 200,000 people with caring responsibilities could be receiving significant boosts to their pensions, the Department for Work and Pensions announced today.
HR professionals call for workplace dementia policies
Dementia is a rising concern for HR departments. As the workforce ages, so does the need for increased flexibility and education.
Time to think about providing ‘eldercare’ support for employees
Businesses across the UK are being urged to take action when it comes to helping employees who are caring for elderly parents. With people living longer than ever before, many employees are juggling full-time work with caring for loved ones. Until now, companies have been quick to focus on support for those with young children…
Dementia costs UK businesses £1.6 billion per year
A new Cebr report for Public Health England and the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends initiative, published today, finds that dementia caring obligations cost English businesses £1.6 billion a year. 50,000 carers in 2014 will have quit their job due to caring responsibilities, and a further 66,000 will have to make adjustments at work, according to research endorsed by the UK government. But businesses are showing…
Gender gap bites back – more men needed for caring profession
A staggering 40 per cent of the projected increase in England’s working age population will need to enter the care profession to tackle a staffing timebomb. If current trends continue, England could face a shortfall of 718,000 care workers by 2025, and an unprecedented number of men are needed to bridge the gap. A new study…
60% of Over-50s have to juggle caring responsibilities with their jobs
With two in five women over the age of 50 also the mothers of school-age children, the TUC is urging employers to be more sympathetic to requests for flexible working and annual leave from older members of staff – especially during the school holidays. The TUC survey of older workers – conducted as part of…