The Government is running a consultation on Carer’s Leave. They are keen to hear from all kinds of interested parties: employers, individual unpaid carers, trade unions, representative organisations, charities, professional bodies, medical or social care providers researchers and academics, in respect of the intention and pledge to introduce Carer’s Leave for employees in paid employment. This is a vital step in helping both business and families providing care to disabled, older and ill relatives and friends to continue working.
The consultation is open until Monday 3 August 2020 and you can comment on the proposals via this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/carers-leave
Carers UK’s have produced a useful briefing on their view on the consultation and why the introduction of carer’s leave would be positive for carers and this can be accessed via this link: https://www.carersuk.org/for-professionals/policy/policy-library/briefing-on-governments-carer-s-leave-consultation-carers-uk-s-views-and-evidence