Caring responsibilities barring half of adults from seeking promotions, research warns
More women and people from ethnic minority backgrounds seeing careers disproportionately affected because of need to balance work and care
More than half of working adults have not applied for a promotion or new job because they have caring responsibilities, research has found.
A survey of 5,444 people, conducted by Ipsos for Business in the Community (BITC), found that 58 per cent of respondents said caring responsibilities – either for children or another adult – had stopped them seeking a promotion or new role.
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