Maintaining A healthly work -life

work life is about modifying the way you work in order to accommadate other responsibilties or aspirations in other areas of your life . planning is essential in order for you to forecast what will happen in future and current lifesytle. it reflects on your work situations where you are in terms of your career . employees have the options to take flexi- time working,part time working , jobsharing , working from home or telecommuting and term -timeworking .

'The life fate of the modern individual depends increasingly upon the corporations in which he spends the alert hours of his best years ' the words of wright mills

1. employees can joy staggered hours staff work to different start,finish breaks times
2. compressed working hours over fewer days
3. shift swapping : staff negotiate their working times and shift between themselves
4. annualised hours staff have more flexibilty about taking time off,as working hours are calculated over the year rather than by the week
5. self rostering staff state their preffered working times and then shifts are organised to accomodate as many of those preferences as possible
6. career breaks as well as patenity , maternity and parental leave,staff may also be allowed upaid career breaks and sabbaticals
7. Time off in lieu: staff are given time off when they have put in extra hours at work
8. flexible and cafeteria benefits, staff are offered a choice of benefits so that they can pick those best suited to them

books

drake John D downshifting : how to work less and enjoy it : san francisco, california: Berrett-Koehler,2001

parashar ,fiona. The balancing Act :work /life solutions for Busy people .london : Simon&Schuster,2003

websites

www.dtigov.uk/work-lifebalance

employers for work -life balance

www.employersforwork -life balance .org.uk

flexibilty .co.uk

www.flexiblity .co.uk /issues/WlB/index.htm

village :www.ivillage .co.uk/workcareer/worklife

http://wlb.monster.com

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