In its response to the carer’s leave consultation conducted in 2020, the government has confirmed its intention to introduce five days’ unpaid carer’s leave per year to help unpaid carers balance their work and caring responsibilities. Under the proposals employees will: Be entitled to carer’...
Section 17 of the Mental Health Act (1983) in England and Wales allows for temporary leave from hospital, from an hour in the hospital grounds to going home for a few days. However, carers are not always involved in decisions around statutory s.17 leave, even where ...
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Two out of those four months have to be paid (i.e., they count as paid leave). The remaining two months can be paid or unpaid, depending on the laws of each member state. For example, in Austria, parental leave is fully paid for up to sixteen weeks (all four months). Carers' ...
Ageing populations, cuts in public spending, and climate change threaten to exacerbate further gender and economic inequality, and to fuel a spiralling crisis for care and carers. While the rich and powerful elite may be able to buy their way out of facing the worst of these crise...
The online version asked participants if they wished to leave the question blank, but completing items was not mandatory. Carers were eligible to take part in the MOPED study if they provided unpaid support to a relative, partner/spouse or friend with dementia, living at home (not in ...
Of course, this does not just affect women. Grandpas are involved too: my own parents were enthusiastic joint carers to my brother’s twins for many years. But data from Age UK shows that, while men and women are equally likely to retire early from the workplace, women are nearly three...
Ageing populations, cuts in public spending, and climate change threaten to further exacerbate gender and economic inequality and to fuel a spiralling crisis for care and carers. While the rich and powerful elite may be able to buy their way out of facing the worst of these crises, t...