Working carers are now able to work for longer without missing out on key benefits. How HR can further support carers in their places of work?
How can organisations best support employees who are parents and carers? HR magazine editor Charissa King chaired a discussion on this topic at the Inclusive Workplace Conference. Georgia Lewis...
Employers: how confident are you that your employees feel comfortable having a conversation about caregiving responsibilities without consequence?
As we near the end of this year, our '12 Days of Christmas'-style countdown rounds up key stories from each month of 2024.
The Lib Dems have released their manifesto, ahead of the general election, highlighting gig workers’ rights, closing skills gaps, parental leave and sick pay.
A petition has been started for a statutory requirement for employers to offer career breaks for parents with a seriously ill child, but some have questioned the practicality of such a policy.
The Carer’s Leave Bill is expected to come into force in 2024 after it received final approval from the House of Lords in May.
Unsung heroes are a trope I didn’t think I’d ever be referencing. As a journalist, I’m somewhat opposed to any kind of buzzword as I find them lazy and reductive (looking at you, quiet quitting). But...
An average of 12,000 people become unpaid carers every day in the UK, the equivalent of 4.3 million people every year according to new research from charity Carers UK.
The government has thrown its support behind new laws designed to help both pregnant workers and unpaid carers in the UK.
Virgin Media O2 has rolled out enhanced employee wellbeing initiatives, becoming one of the first UK companies to offer both paid neonatal and paid carer's leave to workers.
A sandwich generation of employees – those supporting both young children and elderly parents – are being neglected by their employers.
