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After a record-breaking number of entries, this week Working Families announced the shortlist of employers who are offering outstanding flexible and employee-friendly workplaces. The organisations which have made it through to the shortlist in one or more of the 13 categories in Working Families’ Best Practice Awards was unveiled this week, and we are delighted to see a number of EfC members involved. Commenting on…

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'…