0 relating to the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with your family and doing things you enjoy: --
There is no doubt that providing adequate childcare is one of the basic conditions for a better work-life balance.
But managers are committed to the concept of good work-life balance.
In the light of the inherent limitations of both work-first and human capital models, a life-first model - premised on an extended understanding of work-life balance - represents a viable conceptual alternative.
The authors also make a strong pitch for offering flexible compensation and benefits packages to accommodate preferences and work-life balance needs of workers at various stages of their lives.
As the authors point out, however, the emphasis on ' work-life balance ' has focused primarily on working parents of young children, rather than employees who care for older adults.
Consequently, work-life balance arrangements gradually became common.
More study, reflection and effort appear to be needed for improving work-life balance in later life.
Today we would say he had his "work-life balance" sorted out.
