Employees with carer roles must be supported: Towergate Health & Protection

‘One in seven workers have a caring responsibility’

Hemma Visavadia
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Employers are being urged to consider further support for employees taking on additional caring roles to help with their physical and mental wellbeing.

According to Carers UK, roughly one in seven workers have a caring responsibility, with three in five people having to take on a carer role at some point in their life. Debra Clark, head of specialist consulting at Towergate Health & Protection, explained that there is a rise of those in "triple-decker sandwich situations" with three layers of dependants, which puts further pressure on them juggling work as well. "The physical and mental stresses of being a carer can lead to lack of focus, absence from work, and even to people feeling they have to resign," she warned. Clark suggest...

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