38% of employers say home life stress impacts employees – GRiD

38% of employers believed stress and anxiety from home life, such as caring responsibilities, was affecting their employees, research from GRiD for National Carers Week 2025 found.

29% said a lack of state-funded social care was putting pressure on staff and that they needed to provide support for workers with caring duties.

Employers said supporting workers with caring duties was challenging, as caring is unpredictable and can create tension between personal and work life. 

Without support from employers, this could lead to absence. 

Some staff faced stigma or a lack of understanding from colleagues and management.

Employers who wanted to help often did not know how to do so and worried about treating staff equally. 

Many were not qualified to give direct help, which is why providing employee benefits for dependants can help staff and the business.

Katharine Moxham, spokesperson at GRiD, said: “Important as it is, support for carers is rarely top of the wish list when it comes to employee benefits, however, many employers will find that their employee benefits already have a wide range of support aimed at this group.