Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults - Annotated bibliography

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Overview

Research report

Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults - Annotated bibliography

Published: 7 December 2011

The report describes over 50 cases of companies in 11 Member States that have adopted measures to support their employees with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults. Key initiatives by companies include: various types of leave; reduced working hours; and such supportive measures as information, counselling and practical support. The full report and executive summary are available - see Related content. A searchable database of case studies is also available.

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64

Reference no.

EF11478

Research report

7 December 2011

Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults

This report describes over 50 cases of companies in 11 Member States that have adopted measures to support their employees with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults. Key initiatives by companies include: various types of leave; reduced working hours; and such supportive measures as information, counselling and practical support. The report concludes that: raising awareness is particularly important; that particularly effective approaches combine measures targeted at working carers, and measures that the entire workforce can avail of; that line managers have a pivotal role to play in supporting working carers; and that it is possible to create solutions that either avoid the need for employees to leave the job, or that enable them to return to work. An annotated bibliography is also available.