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An organization with good balance can state that:
- The organization encourages workers to take their entitled breaks (e.g. lunch break, sick time, vacation time, earned days off, parental leave)
- Workers are able to reasonably meet the demands of personal life and work
- The organization promotes work-life harmony
- Workers can talk to their supervisors when they are having difficulty maintaining harmony between work and life
- Workers have enough energy left at the end of most work days for their personal life
Resources and Tips
Tips for Embedding Balance into the Workplace
- Provide flexible work arrangements, where possible (e.g., compressed work schedules, work from home, virtual conferencing, part-time work, contract opportunities).
- Offer opportunities to flex time earned during peak work periods (e.g., to use during lower workload demand periods).
- Provide appropriate support for hourly workers (e.g. limit shift changes and provide advance notice of changes, as required).
- Offer personal and family support for both child and elder care.
- Monitor and encourage employees to use time off provisions available to them to provide adequate time away from work.
- Regular check-ins with workers about how they are managing the balance in their life is important. This is also a great opportunity to check in with regards to how workers are feeling about their workload, as this is a significant contributor to overall levels of perceived stress.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Resources for Work-Life Well-being Learn More
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