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What support can employers give to young adult carers in the workplace?

Employee Benefits

Need to know: Good communication and open dialogue with young carers is the most effective way of identifying the challenges they face. Offer benefits and support for their career progression and learning opportunities. A significant number of young carers can be affected just as they are starting out in their careers.

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Growing numbers of young people feel alienated by jobs market

Workplace Insight

New research from City & Guilds suggests that the odds are being stacked against young people’s futures and career aspirations – particularly the most disadvantaged. According to the report’s authors, the findings indicate that many young people feel totally excluded from the labour market.

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What HR needs to know about parental bereavement leave

cipHR

We explain the new entitlements, and discuss how HR can support grieving staff. At the moment, there is no legal obligation for employers to provide paid time off for grieving parents, despite the prevalence of childhood deaths: around 7,600 babies, children and young people under the age of 18 died in 2017.

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Can HR really fix organisations’ diversity problems?

cipHR

Most HR practitioners would agree there is a long way to go to tackle racism and inclusion both in workplaces and within the profession itself. Despite the gap between male and female employment rates being the lowest it has been since 1971, FTSE 100 CEOs in 2018 were still more likely to be male than female.