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Hong Kong carers avoid family-friendly benefits due to stigma fears

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A study in Hong Kong revealed that over half of working carers do not utilize available family-friendly workplace benefits due to fears of stigma. Despite these measures offering significant advantages like reduced depression and caregiving burden, employees worry about negative perceptions from colleagues when taking leave for caregiving responsibilities. Experts are urging for cultural shifts in workplaces to address this stigma. AI

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Hong Kong carers avoid family-friendly benefits due to stigma fears

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Theodora Yu ·

    Hong Kong working carers shun family-friendly measures amid stigma fears: study

    More than half of working carers in Hong Kong have never used the family-friendly measures offered by their companies, a study has found, sparking calls from experts to change workplace cultures to prevent carers being stigmatised. The findings came even as the study, released on…

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