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Issue 206
Paid Carer's Leave Could Boost Productivity... Whilst Improving Millions of Workers’ Lives
Introducing statutory paid Carer’s Leave would bring significant benefits for more than two million working carers and the UK economy, far outweighing the modest costs of its introduction, according to charity Carers UK. A new report from the charity estimates it would only cost the Government between £5.5 million to £32 million annually, if the statutory right to five days of
unpaid Carer’s Leave for all employees with unpaid caring responsibilities was turned into paid Carer’s Leave. In contrast, the costs of people having to leave work because of their caring responsibilities – based on Carer’s Allowance payment figures and lost tax revenues – is an estimated £1.3 billion a year.
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