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Work-life balance advice

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Employer Support for Work-Life Balance and Flexible Working practices

Worklife Balance support involves businesses working with their employees to identify how both can benefit from a more imaginative approach to working practices.


Employers have found that by implementing work-life balance policies it can:

  • Improve recruitment and retention of staff
  • Result in less stress, sickness and absenteeism
  • Increase productivity
  • Make them an employer of choice for job applicants

Advice and information can be given about the wide range of work-life balance options and employment legislation which exists:

  • Flexi-time
  • Job sharing
  • Term-time working
  • Annualised or compressed working hours
  • Working from home and career break
  • Maternity leave
  • Paternity leave
  • Parental leave

For free assistance on what policies and practices may be suitable for your business and how to implement them contact:.

Contact Details

Sharon Lindop
Community Employment & Skills Team
Regeneration Services Division
West Orchard House
28-34 Corporation St
Coventry
CV1 1GF
Office: 024 7683 2787
Fax: 024 7683 2180
e-mail: sharon.lindop@coventry.gov.uk

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