Is Work Life Balance the Responsibility of the Employer? by Vernice Seebaran Roytec‚ Trinidad March 2013 Vernice Seebaran – March 2013 Is work-life balance the responsibility of the employer? “Work-life balance is about effectively managing the juggling act between paid work and other activities that are important to us‚ including: spending time with family‚ taking part in sport and recreation‚ volunteering or undertaking further study.” (Human Resource Institute of New Zealand‚ 2011). Employers
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Essay Work-life balance 1. April 2009 Table of contents Table of contents p. 1 Introduction p. 2 Definitions p. 2 Work-life Balance p. 3-4 Conclusion p. 5 References p. 6 Topic: Work-life balance has become an important social issue. Critically analyze the contributions of business‚ unions and government towards promoting work-life balance. Introduction: To balance work and leisure is an important issue for all employees
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• Disagreed with teacher but accepted its discipline in order to acquire the elementary skills needed to become a painter. • Alfred Sisley‚ Claude Monet‚ and Frédéric Bazille‚ and Renoir dreamed of an art that was closer to life and free from past traditions • painted friends in parents Portrait of the Painter Bazille (1867)‚ The Painter Sisley and His Wife (1868)‚ and Monet Painting in His Garden (1873) • moved temporarily to the forest of Fontainebleau‚ where they devoted themselves to painting
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QUALITY OF WORK LIFE ABSTRACT This study quantifies the effect of quality of work life on employees. It aims to gain an insight into current working life policies and practices‚ as well as work life balance issues of employees.Several notable factors that influence quality of work life are adequate and fair compentation; safe and healthy working conditions; opportunity to use and develop human capabilities; opportunity for career growth etc. Quality of work life provides for the balanced relationships
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ISSN: 2319 – 7285 G.J. C.M.P.‚ Vol. 2(3) 2013:84-91 WORK- LIFE BALANCE: A LITERATURE REVIEW Satinder Singh Chief Engineer (Drilling) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)‚ Cementing Services‚ Ahmedabad Asset‚ Ahmedabad & Pursuing PhD (Management)‚ Gujarat University‚ Ahmedabad Abstract The literature review on Work-life Balance has been framed up in view of its gained popularity with the major aim to have prosperity of society and the realization of fulfilling lives for its
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QWL can be defined as "the quality of relationship between employees and the total working environment.” According to J. LIoyd Suttle‚ (1974) Quality of work life is the degree to which members of a work organization are able to satisfy important personal needs through their experiences in the organization. Walton(1974) lists adequate and fair compensation‚ safe and healthy environment‚ jobs which are aimed at development using employee’s skills and abilities‚ growth and security‚ an environment
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commitment. Therefore organizations are required to adopt a strategy to improve employees Quality of Work Life to satisfy both the organizational objectives and employee needs. Quality of work life refers to the favorableness or un-favorableness of a job environment for people. It is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people. It is an approach by the management that motivates the work force. The QWL approach considers people as an “asset” to the organization rather than as “costs”
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Work Life Balance is where you can prioritize between your work/career and your lifestyle. Companies often benefit from work life balance because it benefits the business. As it had stated on a website there are three top reasons why companies choose work life balance: (1) recruitment/retention of employees‚ (2) commitment to the firm‚ and (3) productivity. (Work Life Balance‚ 2012) By reducing these factors in the workforce this will help the company in the long run. Some advantages based on the
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WORK LIFE BALANCE The article talks about the importance of work life balance‚ especially in relation to India. In the Indian context‚ work life balance has many social and cultural connotations. There are many factors that need to be taken into account to understand work balance with respect to India better: India is a deeply religious country‚ housing abundant religions within itself and the most dominant of them is Hinduism. The caste system is also prevalent in India. In combination with the
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The effective management of employees’ work-life balance requires organisations to recognise and account for the array of non-work roles that impact their working-lives. Despite the literary attention given to the ‘work-life balance’ in recent years‚ however‚ contemporary authors still note the concept’s inadequacy both in terms of its definition and administration. In order to explore the boundaries of contemporary ‘work-life balance’‚ this paper adopts an Organisational Role Theory (ORT) perspective
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