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13/09/2012 2
Work-Life Balance
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
We all spend a lot of our time at
work …
… but do you feel as if you “live to
work” - or “work to live”?
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Why Work-Life Balance?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
UNISON cares about the Work-
Life Balance debate because
YOUR life should be about more
than just your job!
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What is Work-Life Balance?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
• Work-Life Balance is a Government
initiative to make working time and
practices more flexible…
… so that work does not have an
adverse impact on the private lives of
workers.
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What is UNISON doing about it?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
UNISON hopes to ENGAGE members in
this debate…
through EXPLAINING the issues…
and ENABLING better local bargaining…
by EMPOWERING our members.
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ENGAGE -
It’s relevant to me
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
Making available more flexible working patterns
allows…
… people who do not have enough work, or
… people who have too much work, or
… people who need irregular working hours, or
… people who need a choice of workplace
… to fit work into the other things that are
going on in the rest of their lives.
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ENGAGE -
It’s relevant to me
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
For UNISON members, striking a better balance might
enable:
parents and carers to support their dependants better
more disabled people to access work
more people to return to education or study
others to take up interests outside work, e.g.
competitive sport
people to be more active in their community,
- whilst keeping their jobs but working
different patters.
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EXPLAINING -
Why does work-life balance matter?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
As work becomes longer and more stressful...
1 in 3 men work 50+ hours a week
58% of women in full time employment do unpaid
overtime
one or both parents regularly work in the evening in a
quarter of households in Britain
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EXPLAINING -
Why does work-life balance matter?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
As work becomes longer and more stressful...
… there is a negative impact on family life, and
Two thirds of permanent employees feel their working
hours undermine their family life
Nearly a third of workers would sacrifice pay increases
for more leisure time or shorter working hours.
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EXPLAINING -
Why does work-life balance matter?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
As work becomes longer and more stressful there is a negative impact on family life…
and a greater sense of insecurity and alienation.
More people live alone today than ever before – 58
million people live in 24 million separate households
Only one third of employees feel that their job is secure
Nearly half of all employed men believe that they will
have a period of unemployment
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EXPLAINING -
Why does work-life balance matter?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
Work-Life Balance matters because,
wherever possible, all workers should have
a right to work that does not damage their
social responsibilities.
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ENABLING -
What can be done?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
Have you thought of how different
ways of working could mean a
better work-life balance?
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ENABLING -
What can be done?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
There are a number of ways in which
different workers are organising
themselves in order to juggle
commitments both in and outside of
work.
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ENABLING -
What can be done?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
Have you thought of:
flexitime, part-time working,
job-sharing, annualised hours,
sabbaticals, term- time working,
teleworking, home working,
V-time, career breaks, and
compressed-working-weeks …
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ENABLING -
What can be done?
Work-Life Balance
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… better care facilities (e.g. crèche),
improved maternity, paternity, and parental
leave, membership social clubs, gyms, etc.
These are just some measures that will help you
juggle all your responsibilities and interests so that
you achieve the right work-life balance
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ENABLING -
What can be done?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
but remember these will only work where:
new patterns fit in with the work that needs
to be done, and with the co-operation of
your colleagues!
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ENABLING -
What can be done?
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
WARNING!
Work Life Balance is NOT about getting
more time-off or working less.
It IS about organising work differently to
achieve a better balance between work
and other areas of your life
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EMPOWERING -
Reaching the right ‘balance’
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
High quality public services are best delivered
through team work, and
Work-Life Balance policies will only be successful
where ALL staff have an opportunity to share the
benefits.
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EMPOWERING -
Reaching the right ‘balance’
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
Work-Life Balance policies address some of the biggest
problems in today’s public sector- questions of how to:
• improve recruitment and retention;
• reduce absenteeism;
• improve morale and productivity;
• improve services to customers and service users …
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EMPOWERING -
Reaching the right ‘balance’
Work-Life Balance
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… so employers and service users also benefit from
public service workers having a better work-life
balance!
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EMPOWERING -
Reaching the right ‘balance’
Work-Life Balance
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Work Life Balance assumes that:
• People can afford to take some time off work-
The Living wage Campaign
• Working practices benefit the service provided-
Positively Public
• Benefits are offered to all employees-
Fairness in the workplace
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EMPOWERING -
Reaching the right ‘balance’
Work-Life Balance
UNISON
Therefore…
successful Work-Life Balance policies work
hand-in-hand with other UNISON priorities
to deliver a better deal for our members and
top quality public services.
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Work-Life Balance
UNISON
UNISON cares about the
Work-Life Balance debate
because YOUR life should be
about more than just your job!
