Agenda

Family-friendly Policies and

Work-life Balance

CHRM
Week 10

What is Work-life balance?

In what way is work-life balance

and family-friendly policy
different?

Work-life balance versus family-friendly

workplaces
Statistics on female employment
Family-friendly workplace practices

Is achieving work-life balance an

acceptable expectation of
employees?

The concept of work-life balance

and family-friendly policy

Work-Life

Balance

Familyfriendly
workplace

What is the
woman=mother=carer trap?

Low female employment rate in Hungary

Statistics on female
employment

Gender Gap: 2003-2008

Video: Balancing work and

private life

Family-friendly Workplace
Practices

http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catI
d=669&langId=en&videosId=1901&vl=
en&furtherVideos=yes

Practices especially for

mothers/women

Atypical work practices

Flexible working-time (flexitime)
Part-time job
Job sharing
Teleworking (distance working)
Condensed work week
Combination of the above

Services for families

(continued)

Services for families

Company childcare, kindergarten

Company car for personal use occasionally
Family day
Company facilities (fitness) used by family for free
Company weekend houses, holiday resorts, family
camps
Social events for children, for the family
Summer camps for children
Family counseling, family therapy
Electronic corporate family forum
Psychological counseling

Re-employment after maternity/parental leave

Re-orientation training after maternity/parental
leave
E-mail communication during maternity/parental
leave
Participation in company training during
maternity/parental leave
Womens network
Mentoring
Information leaflets for parental leave
Female ombudsman
Priority on scheduling

Baby-sitting services for business dinners, illness of

child
Company cars with baby seats
Company stylist, hairdresser
Stress relief workshops
Medical service for children as well
Nutritional guide
Dog care
Partnership with different service providers
Scholarship programme for kids
Company chauffeur for kids

Benefits

Success Factors for

implementing WLB practices

Success factors for

implementing WLB practices

Extra holidays
School voucher
Housing support
Health insurance for family members
Retirement fund
Educational support for families
Financial support for childcare,
schooling

Indentifying target groups

Communication
Top management commitment
Responsible employee decision
Provision of technical equipments
Preparation of employees (ex. time
management)
Gradual implementation, pilot period
Monitoring
Performance appraisal

Success Factors for implementing

WLB practices(2)

Career development
Employee interests
OD impact
Explicit expectations
Financial support
Based on real employees needs
Employee participation in designing the
system
Measurable impacts
Keeping the topic on the agenda

Benefits of WLB

Lower turnover, Higher retention rate

Employer branding
Higher return on training investments
Lower absenteeism
Higher job satisfaction
Higher empployee loyalty and commitment
Higher productivity

What kind of organisational effect does

the lack of WLB have?

Lower levels of talent attraction and

retention
Lower job satisfaction
Lower productivity
Certain employee groups will be missing
from the workforce
Higher risks for discrimination of women
Unhealthy company