Employers more supportive of caring, but carers still at risk of leaving work unless more measures adopted

To coincide with Carers Rights Day, Carers UK launched new research ‘Supporting carers at work: opportunity and imperativ (opens new window)e’ which showed that whilst some employers were more supportive of carers within their workplace, a significant proportion of carers were at risk of reducing their working hours or giving up work altogether if they did not get the right support measures in place.