WORK LIFE BALANCE
There is growing demand from employees who no longer wish to work traditational working hours. Instead, they want to be able to work in ways which allow them to balance work and the rest of their lives, maybe for childcare reasons or to devote more time to education or social activities. Employees now rate the work/life balance as being as important as their pay and with flexible working legislation now in place being able to offer this to your employees is critical.
Organisations know they have to tackle work-life balance. Legislation is designed to tackle specific issues such as flexible working arrangements for parents. The elderly population is rising and this means that greater numbers of workers have additional caring responsibilities.
Good work-life balance policies and practice are good for business, and some benefits can be directly measured, including:
- Increased productivity
- Improved recruitment and retention
- Lower rates of absenteeism
- An improved customer experience
- A more motivated, satisfied and equitable workforce
- Reduced Overheads
Central's solutions can assist in addressing work-life balance policies to provide additional business benefits to organisations
