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Unpaid caregivers are usually family & friends, but not always. The latest data available is that about 35% of today’s workforce are functioning as caregivers, and this is increasing.
Read more in my article: The Business Costs of Unpaid Caregiving:
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Increasing costs and capacity challenges have been pushing health care systems and government toward moving care from hospitals and caregiving facilities to private homes. Significance: increased responsibility for unpaid caregiving is being shouldered by family and friends.
Caregivers (also referred to as Carers) are people who hold a caregiving role for another person. About 25% of the Canadian workforce are also caregivers - that is one in every four workers.
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Within a few years, 1 in 3 workers will also be unpaid caregivers for family and or friends (currently it is 25%). Significance: One third of the workforce will need employer support for employee caregiving responsibilities.
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Canadian Human Rights legislation prohibits discrimination on the basis of family status. Courts have established a person’s caregiving of family members as a protected ground. Employers are legally obligated to accommodate an employee who must provide care for a family member.
Employment legislation for job protected unpaid leaves to provide care for family members has increased significantly in the last few years.
Significance: Increased employment leave requests negatively impacts productivity and morale for those employees covering for absences.
The entire baby boom generation, still the largest in Canadian history, will be 65 and older by 2029. They will need support from their Gen X & Gen Y children who will be the majority of the workforce.
Significance: Aging population results in increased caregiving requirements.