Work-life balance and care responsibilities go hand in hand

Later this month, Eurofound, the European Union research agency, will join Family Carers Ireland in an initiative that highlights the large number of working carers in Ireland and abroad, writes Siobhán Maguire

Robert Anderson, head of the Social Policies Unit at Eurofound

Efforts are underway at European level to keep people in employment for as long as possible. This involves workers of all ages, a large cohort of which are likely to be working carers, especially women aged 50 and older.

The ongoing need to address and research ageing in both the population and the workforce is one of the topics which will be discussed at a breakfast briefing held by the FCI on February ...