Workers Participation in Management
Creating work life balance within the workplace
The following actions are considered to be the most essential for employers that are committed to work life balance: Ten Essential Management Actions for Creating Work Life Balance
1. Positive “Work life Balance” thinking – treating staff as adults who are balancing their work commitments with their family/personal responsibilities, and being positive about making changes to create a more flexible workplace in all aspects of employee relations. The importance of modelling best practice work life balance “from the top” cannot be underestimated.
2. “Work Life Balance” policy – have a clear policy statement which announces that the “WA Health is committed to providing a flexible responsive workplace, which enables all employees to balance work and family/personal responsibilities,” which is incorporated into core values statements and corporate plans, and supported by policy guidelines outlining what that means for everyone in the workplace.
3. “Work Life Balance” employer - WA Health be promoted as an employer who respects and cares about its employees, who recognises that they will have family and personal responsibilities, and who provides flexiblebilities. Factors shown to impact the most upon staff trying to balance work and life include required hours of work, a lack of flexibility in being able to alter their working hours, time off or leave arrangements, a lack of access to suitable childcare arrangements, and undue stresses and tensions in the workplace which make working life more difficult and/or even unpleasant.
4. Awareness of entitlements - increase awareness of employees’ entitlements to access flexible working arrangements, and what assistance and services are available to them directly or by referral.
5. “Work Life Balance” survey – conduct a survey to identify staff needs in balancing work and family/ personal life responsibilities, current awareness of flexible work options, and
The following actions are considered to be the most essential for employers that are committed to work life balance: Ten Essential Management Actions for Creating Work Life Balance
1. Positive “Work life Balance” thinking – treating staff as adults who are balancing their work commitments with their family/personal responsibilities, and being positive about making changes to create a more flexible workplace in all aspects of employee relations. The importance of modelling best practice work life balance “from the top” cannot be underestimated.
2. “Work Life Balance” policy – have a clear policy statement which announces that the “WA Health is committed to providing a flexible responsive workplace, which enables all employees to balance work and family/personal responsibilities,” which is incorporated into core values statements and corporate plans, and supported by policy guidelines outlining what that means for everyone in the workplace.
3. “Work Life Balance” employer - WA Health be promoted as an employer who respects and cares about its employees, who recognises that they will have family and personal responsibilities, and who provides flexiblebilities. Factors shown to impact the most upon staff trying to balance work and life include required hours of work, a lack of flexibility in being able to alter their working hours, time off or leave arrangements, a lack of access to suitable childcare arrangements, and undue stresses and tensions in the workplace which make working life more difficult and/or even unpleasant.
4. Awareness of entitlements - increase awareness of employees’ entitlements to access flexible working arrangements, and what assistance and services are available to them directly or by referral.
5. “Work Life Balance” survey – conduct a survey to identify staff needs in balancing work and family/ personal life responsibilities, current awareness of flexible work options, and