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Caring - Civil Service policy
Up to 18% of employees in the public sector have caring responsibilities - whether it's looking after a young child, or tending to an elderly or sick relative or friend. We firmly believe in supporting all our employees who are also carers outside the workplace.
The Civil Service has long had policies and practices in place to support all staff with caring responsibilities. It has supported the 1999 National Carers Strategy, in which there is a chart showing the 'carer-friendly' working arrangements offered to staff in 15 departments and agencies.
The Civil Service also supports the provisions of the Work and Families Act 2006, which maintained the right of parents and carers of children to request flexible working and extended this right to carers of adults from April 2007.