Webinar - Spotlight on the UK working carer crisis
16 September 2025
This Alzheimer’s Month, join us for a 40-minute webinar for HR and Line Managers, in partnership with our Eldercare Support Service partner MorganAsh
About this event
Around 600 people a day give up work to care, according to Carers UK research. And 73% of carers in employment said they found it stressful to juggle work and care, with many having to reduce their working hours.
Meanwhile, return-to-office policies - particularly those with limited flexibility - may inadvertently contribute to a two-tier workforce and challenge diversity, according to a report by King’s College London and King’s Business School. The report draws attention to the difficulties faced by individuals with caregiving responsibilities, who may struggle to meet full time office requirements.
The Carer’s Leave Act, introduced last year, has prompted more employers to go above and beyond the statutory regulations to introduce paid carer’s leave. But this should be considered a minimum requirement, says Kay Haighton-Lloyd, Nurse Manager at MorganAsh. There’s more that employers can do to help.
In this webinar, we will:
- Learn the type of challenges that working carers often face, including the impact of workforce trends; from return-to-office mandates to working beyond retirement age
- Discuss how to avoid working carers taking sick leave to manage their caring responsibilities
- Explore what formal and informal support is available, both in the workplace and in local communities
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This event has now concluded.
To request access to the recording please contact eb.enquiries@generali.co.uk
Expert Speakers
Kay Haighton
Nurse Manager
MorganAsh
Kay has worked for MorganAsh as a nurse manager since 2004. She has a nursing background, specialising in older people and an MA in Gerontology (the study of ageing). She also has first-hand experience of what it’s like to be a working carer. Whilst her family were relatively young, Kay was a working carer for her mum for around 3 years and then had to quit work to care for her mum full-time in her own home for the next two years. More recently, she has also helped in the community with care plans for frail older people, at a GP surgery in South Manchester. Kay's husband still works for the NHS and she has 2 adult boys, 2 granddaughters, a cat and 5 hens.
Kay Needle
Early Intervention & Rehabilitation Specialist
Generali UK Employee Benefits
With over 15 years of experience in employee wellbeing, Early Intervention, and disability claims, Kay has previously worked with multiple brokers and intermediaries before bringing her expertise to Generali. Kay is dedicated to optimising service delivery and outcomes through Generali's ecosystem of specialist wellbeing providers, and supporting employers to enhance absence management approaches to align with best practice from the rehabilitation space.
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Sources & further reading: Heading for crisis: Caught between caring and rising costs; Carers UK "It’s time employers treated caregiving like the crisis it is”; HR Magazine UK workers increasingly rejecting return-to-office mandates, study finds; King’s College London and King’s Business School Key facts and figures about caring; Carers UK Work: The state of ageing 2023-24; Centre for Ageing Better Almost one million more workers aged 65 and above since the millennium, new analysis reveals; Centre for Ageing Better