Employers should do more to support employees with caring responsibilities: Unum

The employee benefits provider estimated that more than six million people in the UK workforce deal with the strain of managing a carer/working balance. In a recent poll conducted in March 2022, 35% of respondents stated that having additional caring responsibilities was negatively impacting their mental health, with 29% claiming it impacted their financial health and 25% feeling an impact to their physical health. As a result, 20% of respondents said they were less productive at work w...