What is work life balance?

Answer 1

Work-life balance is about effectively managing the juggling act between paid work and the other activities that are important to people. It's not about saying that work is wrong or bad, but that work shouldn't completely crowd out the other things that matter to people like time with family, participation in community activities, voluntary work, personal development, leisure and recreation.

The 'right' balance is a very personal thing and will change for each person at different times of their lives. For some people the issue is being able to get into work or find more work rather than having too much work. There is no 'one size fits all' solution.

What's the issue?
Work-life balance is increasingly an issue for New Zealand. Jobs, the workplace and the workforce are changing as:

More women and sole parents go into work.
Around 81,000 people juggle more than one job.
The workforce ages and is increasingly diverse.
Businesses continue to compete globally to hire skilled workers.
Technology changes the way we work - e.g. cellphones and PCs blur the distinction between work and personal time.
For New Zealanders, the two biggest work-life balance problems are:

People with not enough work or income
People who have too much work: the low paid who need to work long hours to earn enough and the higher paid who may feel trapped into working more hours than they want to.
Through the consultation, employers told us they wanted to address work-life balance issues in their workplaces, and that they wanted practical tools to implement work-life balance initiatives. Workers, families and individuals told us that the key issues for them in achieving work-life balance concerned their caring responsibilities, workplace practices and cultures, and the need to earn sufficient income

Answer 2

That's usually called role-conflict. LOL!

It's balancing work and life.

Answer 3

The ears.