{"id":1543,"date":"2024-03-28T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:37:59","slug":"carers-leave-for-a-dependant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/carers-leave-for-a-dependant\/","title":{"rendered":"Carer’s Leave for a Dependant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Updated 19\/03\/24]<\/strong> This right takes effect from 06\/04\/24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a dependant who requires long-term care, one week’s unpaid leave per year may be requested io either arrange for or to provide the care of your dependant. Long-term care means old age issues, a disability, an illness or injury which will last three months or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you care for more that one dependent, the leave is still limited to one week but the week may be apportioned between your dependants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The right is available from the first day of employment – there is no minimum continuous service requirement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entitlement<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leave period can be from from a half day(s) or whole days or one continuous week. A week is defined as your normal working hours from Sunday to Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leave refers to the time you would have been working normally on the chosen date(s) off;
– if your hours vary each week, the entitlement is to the average hours of work i.e. annual hours worked divided by 52;
– if you have been working less than a year, divide the total of the periods for which you are normally required to work in the course of a week by the number of weeks you have been employed in your part year;
– if time off is in the first week you are working, your ‘leave’ hours would be those you would normally have been expected to work that week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your manager may postpone the leave but should consult with you to determine the dates of such leave at another time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conditions<\/strong>
– Advance notice of the leave must be given – the minimum is three days but if the leave is more than 3 days, you should give twice as long notice as the period of leave to be taken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– An employer may agree to forgo the right to advance notice.
– No evidence is required to request such leave
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: see also the heading for unpaid leave in urgent domestic circumstances<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[Updated 19\/03\/24] This right takes effect from 06\/04\/24. If you have a dependant who requires long-term care, one week’s unpaid leave per year may be requested io either arrange for or to provide the care of your dependant. Long-term care means old age issues, a disability, an illness or injury which will last three months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":34,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dependants-issues-special-leave","tag-carers-leave"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475,"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions\/2475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hr-management-dimensions.co.uk\/HRMDmn\/key-hr-facts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}