"What?! I've got to give one special group of people even more time off - paid ! - while making enough money to keep this place going is already stressful enough?! Jog on - I'll just make sure we never employ someone who's a 'carer'! They can claim benefits - that's what it's for, isn't it?" I suspect - even if you feel guilty about it - that's how many business owners reacted to the Liberal Democrats' proposition of a Carers' Leave Bill - swiftly followed by relief as you realised which Party had put it forward, and how unlikely they were to ever be elected. Then a niggle of anxiety; what if whoever does get in nicks the idea, because they think it'll make them popular with those in the electorate you secretly think are "lazy scroungers who just want an excuse not to work." I know it's how an awful lot of people do think - because I'm a carer for my wife. I went through the Covid-19 pandemic as a shi...
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