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Employees consider work-life balance more important than career ambition

Employees admitted they are more likely to consider work-life balance (93%) as important in a job than career ambition (70%), according to new Randstad research. The talent organisation’s latest Workmonitor report, which surveyed 27,000 workers in 34 markets across Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas, found that staff thought flexibility of working hours (81%) and […]

Axa enhances work-life balance benefits in Greater China

Insurance firm Axa has has enhanced employee benefits for its employees in Greater China to promote work-life balance in the workplace and provide support at different life stages. From 1 January, the organisation increased paid co-parent leave from 20 days to 40 days. It will also offer five days of paid fertility leave for employees […]

70% of working parents want work-life balance in a job

Work-life balance is the top factor that working parents consider when looking for a job, with 70% citing this, according to new research. Commissioned by the Department for Education’s Teach in Further Education campaign, the survey consisted of responses from 1,002 working parents in England, who work both full- and part-time and all have children […]

New Zealand ranked best country for work-life balance

New Zealand has been ranked the top country for work-life balance, according to research by global employment firm Remote. Its Global life-work balance index, which assesses the quality of work-life balance in the world’s top 60 GDP countries, ranking each nation out of 100, ranked the UK in eighth place. Remote uses the phrase ‘life-work […]

Vertex and Gi Group shortlisted for Best benefits to support work-life balance and hybrid working

Biopharmaceutical organisation Vertex Pharmaceuticals and recruitment firm Gi Group have made the shortlist for Best benefits to support work-life balance and hybrid working at the Employee Benefits Awards 2023. Newly created for 2023, this award recognises strategies that offer greater flexibility to help support employees manage their lives outside work, as well as their own […]

3 simple ways to achieve a work-life balance

In a post-pandemic working world, the idea of a work-life balance has certainly changed. In fact, a recent article from the BBC discusses this exact concept explaining that more than ever people want a healthy work-life balance. The BBC article used data which showed that in 2021 in a survey of more than 9,000 UK […]

From loud quitting to quiet quitting: how to help your employees achieve a work-life balance

In 2022 everyone was talking about “quiet quitting” which was the latest work-related phenomenon that described the moment when workers avoided doing the above and beyond. Rather, workers were just doing enough work to keep on top, then closing their laptop and muting Slack to later post about their day on social media platforms such […]

Three ways to prevent burnout and encourage work-life balance

As an employer, a culture that neglects a healthy work-life balance can impact productivity, revenue, and even reputation. That’s why it’s important to build a healthy working environment–ensuring safe conditions throughout. As part of a Health Shield health cash plan, we offer an Employee Assistance Programme so that employees who may be experiencing difficulties that […]

Work-life balance beats salary as top factor in choosing new role

Two-fifths (41%) of UK employees were attracted to their current role for the promise of work-life balance, compared with 36% who cited salary, according to research by workplace pension provider Aviva. This was a change compared to before the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in 2019, when 41% were attracted to salary, the same proportion that prioritised […]

European Union members to make carer work-life balance measures law

All members of the European Union (EU) must apply rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers by transposing a Work-Life Balance Directive into national law as of this week. The rules set out minimum standards for paternity, parental and carers’ leave, and have established rights such as working fathers being entitled to at […]

Vertex and Blood Cancer UK shortlisted for best work-life balance award

Biopharmaceuticals organisation Vertex, charity Blood Cancer UK, and employment agency MRL Consulting Group are some of the organisations shortlisted in the Best Benefits to Support Work-Life Balance category at the Employee Benefits Awards 2022. This award recognises the best benefits offering from an organisation that aids its employees in having a healthy work-life balance, allowing […]

34% returned to previous employer for better work-life balance

A third (34%) of UK employees have returned to a previous employer within the past five years or plan to do so in the near future to obtain a better work-life balance, according to research by employee benefits provider Unum UK. Its research also found that a quarter (25%) of respondents have, or plan to, […]