Implementing work life balance

One challenge facing businesses seeking to benefit from flexible work is ensuring offered flexibilities are ultimately utilised by employees.

The availability of flexible work practices may not necessarily result in widespread take up by employees if the organisational culture is not truly supportive of their use.

Making work life balance work – a guide to implementing flexible work provides guidance to employers on how to develop and implement a viable flexible work strategy in their organisation.

Part one of the publication outlines the basics of introducing a work life strategy into an organisation for the first time. It includes steps for assessing, developing and documenting flexible work arrangements that suit both organisational and employee needs, and establishing processes to measure the success of any initiatives introduced.

Part two of the publication focuses on how to make work life balance initiatives a normal part of workplace culture. It outlines a range of strategies in the three key areas of management support, communication, and making flexible work standard practice. Employers can use the information in this section to develop an environment where work life balance is truly encouraged and supported.