Our organization works in manufacturing/retail/direct service delivery. How can organizations support balance when the work we do is inflexible?
One of the things that we know about work-life balance and programs, policies, and practices, is that there is no one-size fits all prescription will allow you to achieve work-life balance. Flexibility doesn’t always work, but there are other ways to demonstrate your support of your employees’ multiple responsibilities and holistic life. It may be providing them access to community services. It may be helping to structure leaves and compensation programs. It might be providing notice of shift changes well in advance. You need to look at the individual characteristics, the job characteristics, and the characteristics of the environment, and then come up with a constellation of supports that best meets those various demands and needs at any given time.
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