Work/life balance
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Policies which help employees balance their work and non-work priorities have become increasingly popular among employers in recent years. Find out why in this Briefing.
Policies which help employees balance their work and non-work priorities have become increasingly popular among employers in recent years. Find out why in this Briefing.
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Work-life policy: does it do exactly what it says on the tin?
Policies which help employees balance their work and non-work priorities have become increasingly popular among UK employers in recent years. Along with a legislative imperative for family leave-related policies, employers are being encouraged to introduce work-life policies and make them more inclusive in order to enhance their business performance.
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Lacking balance?: Work-life employment practices in the modern economy
The UK has operated a lightly regulated approach to help employees balance their work and domestic obligations, an approach which employers have welcomed and which they and Government consider to be successful. On the basis of empirical studies this paper challenges these assumptions and outcomes.
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Employee self-rostering for work-family balance: Leading examples in Austria
This article examines two leading cases of Austrian organisations providing employee self-rostering for work-family balance, a little-reported area of employment relations innovation. These cases highlight that such schemes can be successful for managements and employees even in highly routine, mechanised production environments.
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Work-life balance initiatives: implications for women
This article uses evidence from a piece of action research conducted in the UK hospitality industry to explore the effectiveness of work-life balance initiatives in helping women progress to senior management. It explores the main barriers to women's progression and highlights the long hours associated with managerial roles as a major problem.
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Work/life balance: senior management champions or laggards?
This article seeks to examines the experience of, and attitudes towards, work/life balance (WLB) by female and male senior managers in a major Irish organisation for which WLB is now a strategic corporate objective.
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Gendered dilemmas of the work-life balance in Hungary
The aim of this paper is to examine the gendered nature of work-life policies in and the work-life conflicts of managers in a multinational corporation in Hungary.
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