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Work-Life Balance

• 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?

• 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 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?

• 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 - Its relevant to me

• 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 -Its relevant to me

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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

• 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 policies address some of the
  biggest problems in todays 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

• 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 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

• 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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• UNISON cares about the Work-Life Balance debate
  because YOUR life should be about more than just
  your job!