The University recognises the challenges that carers face while trying to balance the demands of caring, work, and looking after their own health and wellbeing.
The University’s Carer’s Leave Policy includes the statutory right for employees to take up to one-week unpaid carer’s leave and provides an opportunity to apply for a further 12 weeks unpaid leave in any 12-month period to provide or arrange care for a dependant if they have a long-term care need, from day one of their employment.
To download a copy of the policy, please see below. The notifcation to inform the line manager and Human Resources Department of carer’s leave should be submitted through UniCore. This should be completed by the employee or line manager, depending on whether it is statutory or additional carers leave, once leave dates have been discussed.