Changing Times
Changing times: employers want flexibility to compete and provide better services, employees want flexibility to balance their lives and do their job well
changing times: The TUC guide to work-life balance
We live in an age when high quality goods and services are demanded outside
of normal working or opening hours. Competitiveness, flexibility and quality
services
are key concepts in the organisation of work today – as are job security,
job satisfaction and fairness.
The successful employer, private or public, has to deliver on all these. This means:
- involving staff in decisions about change
- making sure their needs and aspirations are considered
- winning their commitment to new ways of working.
One of the most essential ingredients in the organisation of work is time:
- when we work
- for how long
- how we balance working time with time outside work.
These are difficult issues which we have to resolve in the UK:
- British workers work the longest hours in Europe
- stress is the greatest cause of absence from work
- many organisations have not introduced family-friendly working, despite encouragement from government and positive reports from organisations which have.
Family-friendly concerns are not the only consideration – finding the time for learning, or taking part in community life, are equally powerful motivators for balancing life at work with life outside.
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This site has been supported by the TUC Learning Services EQUAL Project - Building
Opportunities through Workplace Learning'
The most recent documents available on this subject are:
TUC launches new guide to family friendly working
The TUC has today (Tuesday) launched a new guide on how to persuade employers of the benefits of introducing family friendly policies at work.
26 January 2010
TUC welcomes plans to increase flexible working
Commenting on the Government's proposals to increase flexible working opportunities for mums and dads in the UK, published today (Wednesday) in Support for All – the Families and Relationships Green Paper, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
20 January 2010
Changing Times News 110 Jan 2010
TUC Monthly Work/Life Balance
PDF version available for download
5 January 2010
Changing times news 109 October 2009
TUC Monthly Work/Life Balance Newsletter.
We are looking for your views on this newsletter. What is good and bad about Changing Times and how do you use the information that we provide? What more could the TUC do on work-life balance issues? We need your views to help us take decisions about our future work in this area. You can respond to the survey at http://www.cesi.org.uk/about_us/tuc_survey_oct09.htm
PDF version available for download
12 November 2009
Changing Times Newsletter 108 - September 2009
Monthly work/life balance newsletter
PDF version available for download
15 October 2009
Changing Times Newsletter 107 - August 2009
Monthly work/life balance newsletter
PDF version available for download
4 September 2009
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