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Politicians warn too many people currently believe ‘caring and work cannot be combined’. Carers should be entitled to request flexible working from the first day of their employment, a report published today by an influential parliamentary committee has urged. The report from the work and pensions select committee noted that flexibility was crucial in allowing carers to balance their caring responsibilities with workplace demands. Under…

A quarter of people aged 55 or over with a health condition are considering leaving work, suggesting that employers are not providing enough support for them. According to the Centre for Ageing Better, an EfC member, two in five people with a health condition have not received any support at work. Its research, published in its Health warning for employers: supporting older workers with health…

Each year Carers UK runs the State of Caring Survey to help us show the reality of what it means to care for a family member or friend. We need your help to give us the evidence to support our campaigns and give us a real-time picture of what it’s like to be a carer in 2018. This is the most extensive survey into carers'…

It seems intuitive that a happier, more engaged workforce will result in a more effective workplace – and now we have stats to prove it. A satisfied workforce does result in greater business performance, according to a study from University of East Anglia’s Norwich Business School. The research, ‘Employee Satisfaction and Corporate Performance in the UK’, analysed 35,231 employee ratings from Glassdoor for 164 large…