Employers continue to forge forward with flexible working practices to support carers

New research with employers by national charity Carers UK (opens new window), supported by Centrica, has found that flexible working and practices to support carers within the workplace have continued to accelerate, become better embedded and many look set to stay as the return to the workplace gathers pace.

Six out of ten employers (63%) said that flexible working and flexible leave arrangements had become more embedded generally in their organisation since the start of the pandemic. A similar number (62%) said that they had offered additional leave arrangements – an increase from 42% last year..