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Episode Five CAREWELL Conversations released.

“The challenges and benefits of supporting family carers in paid employment – A business perspective.”

Please tune in to CAREWELL Conversations, a podcast on the importance of supporting those balancing paid work with family caring, produced by the #CAREWELL_Project.

In our fifth episode “The challenges and benefits of supporting family carers in paid employment – A business perspective” Ms. Kara McGann, IBEC’s Head of Social Policy is joined by Dr. Linda Dowling-Hetherington Director – Assurance of Learning, UCD School of Business. As a strong advocate of gender balance, diversity and inclusion within the Irish business community, Kara discusses the importance of retaining and supporting family carers within paid employment and businesses through policies and supports that can help achieve this goal . IBEC’s “Better lives, better business” policy campaign aims to make Ireland a better place to work for all sections of society including family carers.

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