As more Americans take on the responsibility of caring for elderly loved ones, there has been an increase in workplace discrimination targeting caregivers, according to a new report by AARP.
“Workplace discrimination against family caregivers is growing more commonplace and more problematic as baby boomers age and combine work in the paid labor force and unpaid work as caregivers for their parents,” said Susan Reinhard, AARP senior vice president and director of the AARP Public Policy Institute, in a press release.
The workplace discrimination caregivers can face varies but can include the following, according to AARP: an employee is fired when he or she asks to take leave to care for a chronically ill parent; an employee who asks for leave is told they are not a valuable asset at work and gets fired upon returning from leave; or the employee is denied leave.
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