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Working carers
If you are juggling work with caring for family or
friends, you are not alone – there are three million
working carers in the UK.
There are rights you have in work
which might help you to juggle
work and care. As well as these
statutory rights, you may also have
additional contractual rights.
In addition to your rights at work,
there might be other ways to make
juggling work and care easier, such
as accessing relevant support at
work (see page 32), or outside of
your employment.
If you are struggling to juggle work
and care and are thinking of leaving
work it is important to consider
the full implications it could have
on your income, quality of life and
future pension entitlements.

Looking after someone

You could think about whether
there is anything you can do to
make it easier to juggle work and
care such as getting help and
support (see pages 10 to 19),
seeing whether there are any rights
you have at work which could help
your caring role (see pages 30
to 31), and seeing if there is any
additional support available which
could help (see page 32).
You could also get a benefit check
from the Carers NI Adviceline
to work out what your financial
situation would look like if you were
to leave work or reduce your hours
(see page 21).
Find out more at carersuk.org/work

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