The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 amends into the Employment Rights Act 1996. It introduces Carer’s Leave, including establishing a new entitlement for employees to take carer’s leave, for at least one week within any 12-month period, allowing them to provide or arrange care for a dependant with a long-term care need.
The act grants the power to create regulations that will implement this new entitlement to carer’s leave. These new regulations may set out modifications or exclusions to the entitlement to carer’s leave, or for different cases or circumstances. Regulations may also set out guidelines about how carer’s leave is to be taken, including that an employer cannot require an employee to supply evidence in relation to a request for carer’s leave, or specify which activities are to be treated as providing or arranging care.
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