WORK LIFE BALANCE

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WORK LIFE BALANCE

• What is it?
• Why JWHS Committees
• What will it do for us?
• Is it possible in our organization?
• How do we do it?

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WORK LIFE BALANCE is

• achieved when an individuals right to a
  fulfilled life inside and outside paid work is
  accepted and respected as the norm, to the mutual
  benefit of the individual, business, and society.
• Taken from The Work Foundation

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Valuing the employee for their contribution to
the workplace, not for their work pattern
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WHY JOINT WORKPLACE HEALTH SAFETY COMMITTEE?

• 2(2) the objects and purposes of this (Manitoba
  WSH) Act include
• a) the promotion and maintenance of the highest
  degree of physical, mental, and social well-being
  of workers

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OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF WHS ACT cont

• 2(2)b) the placing and maintenance of workers in
  an occupational environment adapted to their
  physiological and psychological condition
  
  

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JWHS COMMITTEE DUTIES

• Participation in the identification of risks
• Development and promotion of measures to protect
  the safety, health, and welfare of workers
• Development and promotion of programs for
  education and information concerning safety and
  health of workers

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DO WE NEED TO SUPPORT WORK LIFE BALANCE?

• Workforce shortage
• Retirements
• Recruitment
• Retention
• 24 hour access (e-tools)

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RETENTION

• in 2005, 15 20 workforce were gtage 55
• Family situations
• Retain the new workers who can and will go
  elsewhere
• Needs/desires - survey

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RECRUITMENT

• New generations views on work
• Need to provide benefits/initiatives that will
  make them choose us over them
• Lure away from those who dont offer WLB

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WHAT WILL IT DO FOR US? EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

• Decrease pressure
• Able to better meet work/personal/society
  commitments
• More time to do other things
• Avoid traffic congestion
• Help with child/eldercare arrangements
• Travel/Education
• source Off the Treadmill 2002

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WHAT WILL IT DO FOR US? BUSINESS BENEFITS

• Employee satisfaction
• Attract/retain employees
• Decrease labour turnover
• Increase employee productivity
• Improved reputation
• Decrease absenteeism
• Improved business results

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WHAT WILL IT DO FOR SOCIETY?

• Reduce health care costs
• Encourage and enable family involvement
• Reduce commuting greenhouse gas
• Encourage/enable volunteerism
• Happier people - ?reduce conflict/violence
• Better economy

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WHAT ARE OTHERS DOING?
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FLEXIBILITY

• Flextime
• Compressed work week
• Self scheduling

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REDUCED HOURS

• Job sharing
• Job splitting
• Voluntary part time work

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AVAILABLE LEAVES

• Short term leaves
• Family related leaves
• Deferred salary leave
• Sabbaticals

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PLACE OF WORK

• Tele-working
• Tele-conferencing
• Video-conferencing

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WHERE DO WE START?

• Gather the right people
• Review initiatives in place now
• Establish what of people use them
• Decide what initiatives the organization can
  and/or is willing to implement
• Survey staff to see what they need and want

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GATHER THE RIGHT PEOPLE

• Subcommittee of JWHS Committee
• Committed manager/s
• Frontline supervisors
• Human Resources/Occupational Health/EAP
• Union
• Interested workers leaders
• Rep from other committees ie Wellness

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TIMELINES
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SETTING GOALSWorking backwards

• Pick desired date for first initiative to start
• How long will it take to analyze and communicate
  survey results?
• Deadline for returned surveys
• When should surveys go out? (how long to complete
  2-3 weeks)
• Deadline for information from supervisors about
  the use of initiatives already in place

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SURVEY
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SURVEY

• How to distribute paper, email, by whom
• Confidentiality
• How to collect, who will collect
• When to start analyzing as received or once all
  collected
• Deadline for receiving

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ANALYZING THE SURVEY
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INITIATIVES

• Which initiative/s will be offered
• Which initiatives offered first in order
• Parameters core hours, numbers off/unit
• Process to apply forms, deadlines
• Evaluation dates

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COMMUNICATE

• Information
• Results of survey
• Initiatives to try
• Dates to start
• Parameters
• Process
• Evaluation

• Methods
• Supervisor training
• Staff meetings
• Website/email
• Newsletter
• Posters
• Committees

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EVALUATION

• Who
• When
• What
• How
• Analyze results
• Communicate results

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RESOURCES

• The Workplace Stress Initiative
  www.workplacestressinitiative.ca
• The MFL Occupational Health Centre
  www.mflohc.mb.ca
• Mental Health Works
  www.mentalhealthworks.ca
• Canadian Mental Health Association
  www..cmha.ca