References for the working while caring section

The information in the working while caring for someone section is based on our booklet Working while caring for someone with cancer, which has been compiled using information from a number of reliable sources including:

• Department of Work and Pensions website. www.dwp.gov.uk (accessed January 2011).
• Cancer Research UK website. info.cancerresearchuk.org/prod_consump/groups/cr_common/@nr/documents/
  generalcontent/018070.pdf (accessed January 2011).
• Carers Direct website. www.nhs.uk/carersdirect (accessed February 2011).
• Carers UK website. www.carersuk.org (accessed January 2011).
• Carers UK. Supporting working carers, a carers guide. January 2009. Carers UK.
• Directgov website. www.direct.gov.uk (accessed January 2011).
• Employers for carers website. www.employersforcarers.org (accessed January 2011).
• Employment Relations Act, 1996 & 1999.
• Employment Rights Act, 1996.
• Equality Act, 2010.

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since this information was produced. For further references, please see the general bibliography|.