Supporting carers: Policies and communicating support
Original and consultant author: Katherine Wilson, head of employment and specialist delivery at Carers UK's business membership forum, Employers for Carers.
Overview
This series of leading practice guides discusses the steps that employers can take to engage and support employees who have caring responsibilities. Here, we discuss how employers can communicate and demonstrate their support for carers through a dedicated carers policy and other ways of raising awareness around caring in the workplace. This is the third guide in our series on supporting carers:
- Supporting carers: The business case
- Supporting carers: Identifying carers and their support needs
- Supporting carers: The role of key stakeholders
- Supporting carers: Flexible working and leave arrangements
- Supporting carers: Information, advice and guidance