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Work-life Strategies and related government-funded programmes (Benefits…
Work-life Strategies and related government-funded programmes
Definition of work-life balance
Living a full life while pursuing a career the employees enjoy
Importance
Enables employees to balance their personal and work commitment
Benefit from having a engaged and productive workforce
Definition of work-life strategies
measures put in place to help employees manage work responsibilities alongside personal needs
Benefits
Improve employees' engagement and satisfaction
Attraction and retention of talents
Reduce health related cost
Improve customer experience
Higher productivity
Feels empowered to exercise options
Roles
Employees
Assess individual work-life values and needs
Take ownership of own work-life goals
Provide regular feedback
Be supportive
Be flexible
Employers
Implement work-life strategies
Have senior management support
Provide a supportive environment
Develop a work-life strategy
Be open-minded regarding employees' suggestions
Create an open session
Work-Life Strategy Process
Step 1: Establish the need to implement/ modify a work-life strategy
Step 2: Assess business need and employees' work-life needs
Step 3: Implement work-life programme
Step 4: Evaluate work-life programme
Work-Life Infrastructure
Provides supportive framework for the implementation of the work-life programmes.
Characteristics
Inclusion of work-life values
Leadership and middle management buy-in to the work-life message
Designated work-life team or ambassador within the organisation
Promotion through clear and consistent communication
Intentional employee engagement
Result-Based performance evaluation
Continual refinement of work-life practices through employee feedback
Types of Work-Life Strategies
Leave Schemes
Contractually agreed upon between the employer and employee
Types of Leave Scheme
Marriage Leave
Paternity Leave
Maternity Leave
Extended Maternity Leave
Childcare Leave
Extended childcare leave
Eldercare Leave
Family Care Leave
Bereavement Leave
Compassionate Leave
Employee Support Scheme
Helps employees better manage both career and non-work aspects of their lives
Types of ESS
Family Day
Bring Child to Work Day
Childcare Arrangement
Childcare Subsidies
Counselling services
Eldercare Arrangement
Eldercare Subsidies
Flexi Lunch Time
Lunch Time Swap
Family information and referral services
Flexible Work Arrangement
Employers and employees agree to the variation from the usual work arrangement
Types of FWAs
Part-time work
Compressed work schedules
Telecommunicating
Job sharing
Creative scheduling
Employees' choice of off days
Flexible Hours
Flexi Shift
Phasing retirement
Phasing In or Out
Seasonal Work
Types of Grants for Work-Life Strategy
Developmental Grant
One time grant up to $40,000 per company
FWA Incentives
Motivates employer to support more employees on FWAs up to $20,000 per company