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Closed Increase employment rights and protections for carers

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The Government should give carers rights to paid leave to manage emergencies, additional rights to request and be granted flexible working. Employers should be required to have training on managing people with caring responsibilities, and to publish a carer's policy.

Existing rights do not enable carers to stay in employment and meet their caring responsibilities.

Many are not paid for time taken to deal with emergencies, and have requests for flexible working refused. Too many carers are forced into unemployment because they do not have adequate legal protections.

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