Work-life balance
Finding ways to accommodate this can make a real difference to employees and to business. Work-Life balance is about businesses identifying with their workforce to determine how both can benefit from a more imaginative approach to working practices.
What options are available?
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There are a range of ways in which employers can help with employee work-life balance, including:
- Flexi-time
- Staggered hours
- Time off in lieu
- Shift working
- Shift swapping
- Self rostering
- Annual hours systems
- Part time work
- Term time working
- Job sharing
- Working from home
- Temping or casual work
- Self-employment
- Flexible benefits such as childcare information or vouchers, funding and/or time off for a course of learning, pension or insurance contributions, laundry service, use of staff facilities and so on.
Business benefits
Work-life balance business benefits include:- Increased productivity
- Improved recruitment and retention
- Lower rates of absenteeism
- Reduced overheads
- An improved customer experience
- A more motivated, satisfied and equitable workforce.
Steps in developing a work-life program for your business:
- Identify the business needs
- Identify your staff needs
- Formulate Policies
- Communicate the change
- Run a trial period
- Amend the program if necessary
- Measure and monitor