50 ways for work life balance
50 ways for work life balance
1. No responses to e-mail required on weekends.
2. No meetings between 8 and 9 a.m,, leaving the first hour of the day free to catch up on work and with co-workers.
3. Family events to strengthen family/work connections, understanding and support.
4. Workplace tours, videos, photo diaries or ”bring your child to work days” to help family members understand and support the employees’ work commitment.
5. No meetings every second Friday, allowing people to get more done and free up their weekends.
6. Scheduled, breaks in the workday beginning or end of the day.
7. Social events or mixers to strengthen at-work friendships.
8. Grandparent’s day off to spend with grandchildren.
9. Company picnics, dinners, parties, golf tournaments.
10. Work/family account (a set amount to spend as they see fit).
11. Paid leave each month or each year to a volunteer.
12. Volunteering together as a work team.
13. Provide day care and after-school care at the work site.
14. On-site fitness centres, opening fitness centres to family members.
15. Subsidies or passes to local fitness centres.
16. Bringing wellness into the workplace (e.g. Massage therapists, yoga).
17. On-site convenience store.
18. Pay for lessons not related to work.
19. Pay for meals or a housekeeper for a grieving family.
20. Well-behaved pets in The workplace.
21. On the spot” good work” awards.
22. Work schedules that align with the bus schedule.
23. Policy that employees must take vacations.
24. On-site rink, walking trails, basketball court, barbecue.
25. On-site dry cleaning service.
26. Lunchrooms, to encourage people to meet and eat together.
27. Personal space rooms (e.g. Retreat with a minor illness).
28. Tuition reimbursements or subsidized living costs while employees are at school.
29. Scholarships for children of employees.
30. Paid memberships in community associations or local teams.
31. Limits to mandatory overtime.
32. Eliminate travel on Sunday to allow families to he together for a full weekend.
33. Eliminate mandatory Saturday night lay-overs for business trips.
34. Private phone rooms or booths to make personal calls.
35. Breakfast at company expense.
36. On-site cyber café.
37. Staff parking.
38. Taxi vouchers or bus fare for unplanned overtime.
39. Concierge services (e.g. Shopping, pet walking, house cleaners or contractors).
40. Automobile pickup and servicing.
41. Supper brought in for unplanned overtime.
42. Bulk discounts for ski passes.
43. Discounts on any company products.
44. Brokered discounts at popular retail outlets, restaurants, clubs or for car insurance.
45. Pay for employees to take a spouse along on a business trips.
46. Learning or wellness accounts.
47. More relaxing furnishings in a gathering area.
48. Decor or points of interest (e.g. Fish tank) that cause people to ”take a breather”.
49. Employee notice boards for posting personal notes or requests (e.g.TV for sale, seeking car-pool partners).
50. Tickets to local theme parks, ballet, sporting events
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