Macmillan at Work
Macmillan at Work provides a range of expert training, consultancy options, and resources to help you, including our e-newsletter, and free work and cancer toolkit.
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More ways to contact usCancer affects people emotionally, financially and physically. If you're an employer you can support staff through training, policy development and resources. Macmillan at work can help you manage cancer in the workplace.
Showing how one employer made temporary changes to an employee’s work duties to help them remain in work during treatment for cancer.
Showing how one employer made temporary changes to an employee’s work duties to help them remain in work during treatment for cancer.
Macmillan at Work provides a range of expert training, consultancy options, and resources to help you, including our e-newsletter, and free work and cancer toolkit.
Managers play an important role in supporting employees living with cancer, or caring for someone with cancer.
Understanding how cancer treatment may affect your employee’s ability to work can help you give them the right support them.
It may be difficult for your employee to talk about their diagnosis, but open communication may make it easier for you to support them.
Some people with cancer will be able to continue to work and others will need time off. There are different options for time off.
Carers are legally entitled to take reasonable time off work. They can also request flexible working.
Making small changes to your employee’s working arrangements can help them settle back into work successfully.
In the UK, there are laws that protect employees with cancer from being treated unfairly in the workplace. This includes discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
Cancer can have a serious impact on someone’s finances. Financial help is available to support your employee.
Many people survive cancer treatment. But your employee, or the person they are caring for, may die from their illness.
If your employee has cancer or is caring for someone who does, we have information to help you support them.
We offer a wide range of resources to help employers to manage cancer in the workplace. You can order a range of booklets and DVDs with advice.
Find out how our expert training, guidance and resource options help employers support employees affected by cancer. Whatever your needs, we’ve got an option for you.
Register to book one of our specialist work and cancer sessions for employers. You’ll receive a free copy of our Essential work and cancer toolkit.
What's happening near you? Find out about support groups, where to get information and how to get involved with Macmillan where you are.
Read Aoife's post about the rights of people affected by cancer in the work place. She explains how the law can help job applicants, employees and the self-employed.
Share experiences and advice on practical issues when living with cancer, such as money, work, benefits, transport, food and drink, organising support at home, or getting specialist equipment.
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