The civil service is looking to help employees (the number of which has been identified as 23%) who have to combine work and caring for a family member or friend. To this end, a “Carer’s Passport” has been introduced. It is provided to civil servants and documents the flexibilities needed to support the carer. The aim is to minimise the need to re-negotiate these flexibilities every time an employee moves post, moves between departments or is assigned a new manager.

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