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Working carers frequently face care emergencies, resulting in them having to change their work patterns at short notice. How can line managers accommodate their needs while maintaining team performance?
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Are the arguments for separating work and home lives out of line with modern realities? We’ve published a paper that takes a long look at work-life integration: the risks, benefits and challenges.
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Working carers are a reality we can’t afford to ignore; so why is caring still often a hidden issue at work? Katherine Wilson from Employers for Carers writes about the importance of starting the conversation.
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The days of command-and-control are over, but bringing agile working from concept to reality is not just about updating policies around where, when and how people work; it’s about rebooting organisational culture.
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When maternity is poorly managed it doesn’t just hurt employees, it’s costly for employers too. Here are four ways to help you support employees during maternity leave and on their return to work.
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Paul Barrett finds there’s an appetite for companies to do more around work-life integration, the successor to work-life balance. But first, traditional attitudes around work and trust need to change.
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Working parents deserve strategic, long-term support in the workplace. Here are five ways to help you successfully navigate the early stages of planning for employee maternity leave.
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As a workforce dealing with shifting domestic responsibilities, we’re out-growing the nine to five. Here are six ways to successfully navigate flexible working requests from your employees.
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When carers are made to choose between caring responsibilities and their job it can be a lose-lose situation for them and their employer. A workplace carer policy can help you keep valuable employees.
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Losing a loved one is an event that profoundly affects each and every one of us. Yet too often bereaved employees find that support in the workplace is missing just when they need it most.
