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Government backs new law to enable unpaid carers to unpaid leave

Published on: 24 October 2022
Published by LNB News

LNB News 24/10/2022

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Issue Date: 24 October 2022

Published Date: 24 October 2022

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced that the government is backing a Private Members’ Bill sponsored by Liberal Democrat MP, Wendy Chamberlain, which will require the Secretary of State to make regulations entitling unpaid carers to at least one week of unpaid leave each year. Employees are to be eligible for Carer’s Leave, regardless of their current length of employment

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