Work Life Balance: How HR Can Support Employee Well-Being

“Remember that work and life co-exist. Wellness at work follows you home and vice versa”

 – Melissa Stegnius

Work-life balance is the key aspect of the employees well-being, it play a significant role in increasing productivity, engagement, and job satisfaction. Human resource departments can play a critical role in promoting employee’s well-being by establishing work-life balance initiatives and policies. These are the ways an HR can support an employee’s well-being:

1. 1. Flexible Work Arrangements: HR manager should provide the employee with flexible work arrangements such as telecommuting, flextime, compressed work weeks, and job sharing. This option allow the employee to manage his personal and professional life both.
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3. 2. Clear Communication of Expectation: HR manager should ensure that managers and superiors to communicate expectations clearly to the employees, set realistic targets and deadlines. Clear communication can help the employee to plan and prioritize work and smoothly manage their personal life as well.
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5. 3. Time – off policies: HR manager should implement policies to take leaves such as vacations days, personal day off, and paid time off for medical and personal reasons. Encouraging the employees to take time off and disconnect themselves for the organisation for a while, so when the rejoin the job they have fresh perspective.
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7. 4. Wellness Program: HR can develop well-program that focuses on the mental, physical, and emotional well-being of the employee. The programs can include mindfulness sessions, general therapy sessions, sound therapy, stress management etc.
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9. 5. Employee Assistant Program (EAP’s): HR can provide the employees with access to EAP’s that can help the employees with confidential counseling and support system to employees facing personal or work challenges. It also helps the employees to maintain healthy work – life balance.

“Work to live, don’t live to work”

Hence, these strategies and programs can portray organisations commitment towards its employee’s well – being and help to maintain their work life balance. Putting employee’s well-being as the top priority makes them more engaged and satisfied with working patterns.