Case study: HSBC leads on supporting carers
HSBC is at the leading edge of good practice on supporting staff with caring responsibilities, with support mechanisms including flexible working patterns and a dedicated counselling service.
Give carers a break By Personnel Today's Mike Berry.
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Why you should care for the carers Employees who balance paid work with a caring role at home present a special challenge to employers, as the caring role is not predictable in the same way as mainstream childcare. Equal Opportunities Review surveys its readers and reports on good practice.
Work and Families Bill published The Government has confirmed measures to increase paternity and maternity leave with the publication of the Work and Families Bill. The Bill includes measures to extend the right to request flexible working to carers from April 2007
Case study: Caring for carers in the civil service The Department for Constitutional Affairs has reduced staff turnover and absence via award-winning measures to accommodate the needs of workers with caring responsibilities.
Carers to get flexible working request rights The Government has announced plans to extend the right to request flexible working to employees who care for sick or elderly relatives.
Work and Families: Choice and Flexibility: Part one; Part two; Part three; and Case study By Caroline Blackwood of Osborne Clarke, writing in HR & Compliance Centre's topic of the week series on leading employment law issues.