What is the work/life association?

Work/Life Association is the premier, not for profit organisation in Australia dedicated to assisting the business community create and maximise options to help their workers harmonize work and life commitments.

Our primary objective is to promote learning through regular presentations, roundtable discussions and provision of information on this website. As academics and practitioners specializing in work/life balance we are in a unique position to offer participants new and innovative perspectives on managing work and life balance issues. In this way we are encouraging employers to adopt an approach to work/life management that balances both personal and business needs.

Working Families And Employers

The way2work website is part of the Victorian Government's commitment to help working families and employers. It has information to help parents and carers make the transition back into the paid workforce and to help employers create family friendly workplaces to attract and retain quality staff. Please visit ways2work.business.vic.gov.au

Work/Life Snapshot Survey

Our most recent short and sharp snapshot survey to help us all better understand current Australian work/life trends attracted 14 respondents. Our simple home-page surveys are informal and unscientific, and their purpose is only to provide insight to what people are saying about their companies and their workplaces.


In response to the question,

“What are your Work/Life Program / Wellbeing plans for 2008?”

this is what we were told.


1. Corporate wellness has been identified as an organisational issue in our workplace?
     True 92.8% (13/14)

2. The attention we pay to corporate wellness has increased over the past 12 months.
      True 85.7% (12/14)

3. Corporate wellness is perceived as being broader than only a physical health issues?
      True 100% (14/14)

4. Our corporate wellness initiative is associated with our work/life program?
      True 42.8 % (6/14)

5. Our corporate wellness initiative is associated with our OHS program?
      True 85.7% (12/14)

6. At our workplace corporate wellness is a stand alone initiative?
      True 50% (7/14)

7. We collect corporate wellness data to evaluate efforts and provide insight to senior management.
      True 71.4% (10/14)

8. We have sought expert assistance to help us deliver our corporate wellness initiative.
      True 57.1% (8/14)

9. The answers provided above relate to a business which operates in Victoria, Australia.
      True 92.8 % (13/14)

 

 

Signposts

Signposts is a project funded by a Better Work and Family Balance grant from Industrial Relations Victoria. The Signposts have been devised to assist decision-makers and practitioners develop effective work/life approaches which will serve organisations' differing business needs and the changing needs of the people in those businesses.

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Getting Started

Conduct an organisational self assessment...

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Think Strategically

Taking a strategic course and developing a business case...

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Getting Data

Employee needs assessment...

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Identifying Solutions

To suit the staff group and the business...

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The Possibilities

Flexible work options and negotiating flexible work...

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Making a Statement

Preparing a work/life policy...

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Getting Help

Training and development...

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Bright Ideas

Learning from the experience of others...

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Events

The WLA Committee has decided to change the format of its long running roundtable events.
Instead of hosting six lunchtime roundtables in 2010 we will host two half day events.
These will be on a topical theme and include an interactive workshop component for participants.
More details will be posted early in 2010.


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What's News

Towards flexibility being the “new normal” in the American workplace.

A recently released US report from Workplace Flexibility 2010, a Georgetown Law-based think tank, outlines a comprehensive set of policy solutions to expand Americans’ access to flexible work arrangements (FWAs) such as compressed workweeks, predictable schedules, and telework. The common-ground solutions described in the report can benefit both working families and businesses.

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Australian men yearn for work/life balance

This article reports on a growing trend among males in the workforce to be wanting to better match their work and family responsibilities.

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Flexibility for men and women and all ages

Perhaps one the key to normalizing flexibility in the workplace is for men to speak up about their desire to have the same flexibility for family time as many women have been expressing and acting on for years.

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Using technology to support flexibility and balance

This fact sheet provides a simple example of the benefits and implementation steps to achieve flexibility and balance for University of Western Australia Staff.

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