Carer-Friendly Workplaces

Official page for the Chair Program in Gender, Health and Caregiver Friendly Workplaces at McMaster

There are more than 5.6 million employees in Canada with adult/elder care responsibilities. With an ageing population and a changing workforce, the number of people providing unpaid care and paid work at the same time is expected to rise. Using a sex/gender lens, the purpose of this project is to examine the relationship between unpaid (informal/family) care giving and paid work. A lack of workpla  ...