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Growth in care market could be a 'triple win' as Carers UK warns of care crisis costs to business
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Carers UK calls for care growth strategy as new figures show cost of families forced to give up work to care reaches £1.3bn. Carers UK has joined with business leaders to call for a new strategy to stimulate growth in services to support older and disabled people and deliver a ‘triple win’ for families, employers and the economy. In a new report, Carers UK argues…
Top Employers for Working Families 2012
Friday, 27 April 2012
The Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark and Awards is the definitive list of UK employers who enable the best quality of work-life balance and career development. The benchmark and awards identifies those progressive employers who recognise and leverage the powerful links between flexibility, emotional engagement, wellbeing, and high-performance. Taking part in the benchmark survey provides a unique opportunity to understand and celebrate what is…
Success in Tax Credit campaign to protect carers
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Following a joint campaign with other family charities and unions, Carers UK has welcomed a Government decision to exempt carers from changes to Working Tax Credit which could have resulted in the loss of almost £4,000 a year in tax credits. As part of changes to Working Tax Credits, the Government had announced that, from April 2012, couples with children would have to work 24…
A new guide from the CIPD highlights the business case for managing an ageing workforce
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Demographic changes mean employers that fail to recruit, manage and develop older workers effectively will lose competitiveness reports the CIPD. Bizarre though this sounds in view of the current high unemployment in the UK it is predicted that UK employers will need to fill an estimated 13.5 million job vacancies in the next ten years, but only 7 million young people will leave education over…
O2 flexible working day results in 1,000 extra hours worked
Thursday, 19 April 2012
A recent one-day flexible working initiative at Employers for Carers member, O2, resulted in an extra 1,000 hours worked by staff, according to figures released by the telecoms firm. On 8 February O2 asked the entire workforce at its head office in Slough to work away from the office for the day. Around 2,500 employees participated in the pilot, operating remotely. O2's aim was to…