Work/life balance

Organisations can focus on maintaining the wellbeing of individuals in terms of health, flexible working, timekeeping, stress, or working from home.

Activity ideas

• Family Story Writing Competition – Family triumphs to share. Taking an interest in employees’ family lives will help to promote the importance of work/life balance and writing and reading stories will improve everyone’s Skills for Life.
• Ready Steady Cook – Healthy meals to cook at home or bring to work. A session where employees can learn to make quick and easy healthy lunches and how a healthy diet can improve performance at work and lead to a more enjoyable life.
• Take Your Family to Work Days – See employees as more than just workers. Inviting family members into the workplace will not only help develop a friendlier atmosphere at work but also help employers learn more about their staff’s lives outside of work and help families appreciate the organisation more. Remember there will be health & safety implications with this.

Online resources
Book swaps
Flexible learning
Healthy body and mind
Holiday activity
How to make a budget plan
Indian head massage
Laughing in the workplace
Yoga at your desk
Stress buster
Stress workshop
Quality circle time
Work-life balance benchmarking tool
Managing your email
Managing your workload

Further links
www.hse.gov.uk
www.unison.org.uk/worklifebalance/index.asp
www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/
WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/DG_10029491
www.cipd.co.uk/subjects/wrkgtime/
wrktmewrklfbal/worklifeba.htm
www.worklifebalancecentre.org