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Work-life balance

“Work-life balance” typically means the achievement by employees of equality between time spent working and personal life.

A good work-life balance for employees can improve staff motivation, increase staff retention rates, reduce absence, attract new talent, and reduce employee stress.

The right to request flexible working is designed to encourage employees to improve their work-life balance. Employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service have the right to request from their employer a change to the number of hours they work, the times they work or the place where they work.


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    University of Salford launches Better Working Lives cluster

    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025

    The University of Salford has launched a new research cluster focused on cultivating better workplaces and the impacts of evolving trends.

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    • Sickness absence management

    Four ways employers can reduce the risk of an always-on work environment

    by Dr Cheryl Lythgoe 14 May 2025
    by Dr Cheryl Lythgoe 14 May 2025

    With hybrid working and technology blurring the boundaries between home and work-life as never before, it is vital employers –...

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
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    Senior execs at BlackRock to work in office five days a week

    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025

    The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock has told its senior staff to return to the office five days a week.

    • Absence
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    Employers struggling to manage rising levels of sickness absence – poll

    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025

    Rising levels of sickness are taking a toll on many workplaces, research has suggested, with employers reporting increased absence affecting...

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    Gen Z and ‘conscious unbossing’: how can HR react?

    by Bruce Watt 7 Apr 2025
    by Bruce Watt 7 Apr 2025

    Gen Z workers are 'consciously unbossing'. How can organisations build satisfying development paths for younger employees that don't necessarily involve management?

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    Hybrid workers less sick and less stressed

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025

    Hybrid workers take fewer sick days, are less stressed, are more able to access regular health check-ups, and report better...

    • Hybrid working
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    • Flexible working

    Dog owners more likely to want to work from home

    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025

    Dog owners are more likely to want to adjust their working hours and/or work from home so as to be...

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    Finland’s workplaces the key to top spot in World Happiness Index

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2025

    UK and US slip down the league as Finnish workplaces make a major contribution to the country's success in the World Happiness Index.

    • Offices
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    Return to the office: Gartner highlights the risks for recruitment

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Feb 2025

    Are return to office mandates too high a risk for firms? More than half of employees believe that their location should not matter as long as they meet work expectations.

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    Flexible working and health insurance top employee priorities – poll

    by Nic Paton 21 Feb 2025
    by Nic Paton 21 Feb 2025

    Access to flexible working, paid ‘wellness days’, and health insurance or physical wellness programmes are employees' top priorities.

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    What does the TV show Severance tell us about work-life balance?

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Feb 2025

    HR circles will be intrigued by what Apple's series Severance tells us about our working lives.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    Barclays tightens working from home rules

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025

    The bank has raised its minimum office attendance requirement to three days a week, up from two days a week.

    • Flexible working
    • Four-day week
    • Work-life balance

    200 employers commit to permanent four-day week

    by Jo Faragher 27 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 27 Jan 2025

    Two hundred UK companies have now signed up for a permanent four-day working week, according to the 4 Day Week Foundation.

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    BrewDog founder says UK is one of ‘least work-oriented countries’

    by Rob Moss 14 Jan 2025
    by Rob Moss 14 Jan 2025

    James Watt says UK is ‘one of the world’s least work-oriented countries’, in defence of his criticism of work-life balance.

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    UK’s mediocre work-life balance rating revealed

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Oct 2024

    UK lags behind Spain, France, Germany, Iceland, Japan and Norway when it comes to work-life balance.

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