Integrated Approach: Flexible Work Education and Training: Employee assistance Cash and Survey employees with Schedules: Education seminars tailored to programs: Subsidies: caring responsibilities Compressed work employee Individual counselling Cash or Advice from a specialist weeks Awareness-raising via emails, Family counselling payment for consultancy Flex-time publications, research Wellness programs costs related to Evaluation of existing Cross-trained partnerships Support groups caring work workplace mechanisms employees Training programs/modules to Crisis intervention Subsidies, Carer Strategy awareness and to monthly Carer Policy Reduced Work Hours: increase the capacity of Direct Services: allowances, Carer Register to identify Part-time work managers to support carers Carers Assessment vouchers, and assist employees with Job-sharing Training programs/modules Professional advice and discounts for caring responsibilities Voluntary reduced for carers face-to-face, information care – Carer strategy- time line, CD Referral services Interest free monitored, evaluated and Phased retirement Partnerships with loans updated. and return to work Information resources community groups or Toolkit for employees with organisations Tax and Leadership Commitment: Leave: caring responsibilities Access to health services Insurance: Dedicated position to Paid family leave Toolkit for managers Resources for long Dependent care focus on advocacy and Paid leave On-line caring resources and distance carers tax credit programs for working Personal time community Back-up or emergency Insurance carers (earned time) Corporate libraries care products and Senior business Extended unpaid Newsletters, guides, Before/after school and benefits champions to leave as required factsheets vacation care Tax-related awareness of the carers incentives and strategy Work Location: Networks and Forums: On-site facilities: benefits Internal and external Work from home Employee Carers Network Child care centre advocacy for support for Work in the same Annual carer’s conference for Adult day centre carers location as the employees Transport services person requiring care Note: Data in the was compiled by the Australian Human Rights Commission, based on information reproduced from the Eurofound database and various reports and internet sources.
Integrated Approach: Survey employees with caring responsibilities Advice from a specialist consultancy Evaluation of existing workplace mechanisms Carer Strategy Carer Policy Carer Register to identify and assist employees with caring responsibilities Carer strategy- monitored, evaluated and updated. Leadership Commitment: Dedicated position to focus on advocacy and programs for working carers Senior business champions to awareness of the carers strategy Internal and external advocacy for support for carers Flexible Work Schedules: Compressed work weeks Flex-time Cross-trained employees Reduced Work Hours: Part-time work Job-sharing Voluntary reduced time Phased retirement and return to work Leave: Paid family leave Paid leave Personal time (earned time) Extended unpaid leave as required Work Location: Work from home Work in the same location as the person requiring care Education and Training: Education seminars tailored to employee Awareness-raising via emails, publications, research partnerships Training programs/modules to awareness and to increase the capacity of managers to support carers Training programs/modules for carers – face-to-face, CD Information resources Toolkit for employees with caring responsibilities Toolkit for managers On-line caring resources and community Corporate libraries Newsletters, guides, factsheets Networks and Forums: Employee Carers Network Annual carer’s conference for employees Employee assistance programs: Individual counselling Family counselling Wellness programs Support groups Crisis intervention Direct Services: Carers Assessment Professional advice and information Referral services Partnerships with community groups or organisations Access to health services Resources for long distance carers Back-up or emergency care Before/after school and vacation care On-site facilities: Child care centre Adult day centre Transport services Cash and Subsidies: Cash or payment for costs related to caring work Subsidies, monthly allowances, vouchers, discounts for care Interest free loans Tax and Insurance: Dependent care tax credit Insurance products and benefits Tax-related incentives and benefits Note: Data in the was compiled by the Australian Human Rights Commission, based on information reproduced from the Eurofound database and various reports and internet sources. line,
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