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Work Life Balance

Anita Pickerden

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Research Question


Where in a working life does work life balance become an issue?




Specifically, what about older workers as they prepare for retirement?

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Definitions


. a growing recognition that individuals require a satisfactory balance between the demands of work and those of the rest of life Work life balance is about the challenges that face individuals when they are trying to hold paid work and home in domestic life in balance.

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Policy Implications


USA historical perspective

Common Market / EEC / EU Policy

UK Policy

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Policy Focus
    

Is this just a gender issue? Supporting families? Getting more women into work Getting more work out of workers? Protection against claims for work place stress Flexicurity
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Life Phases
   

Young People Mid Career Older Workers Post Retirement

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Young People


 

Career choice may influence work life balance later in life Career choice may be gendered Young people expect better work life balance than their parents

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Mid career


 

Does work interfere with life? Or does life interfere with work? Middlescence The loneliness of achievement

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Older Workers


A problem to managed or an asset to be valued? The Final Five Leaving a Legacy Easing gently or cold turkey?

  

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Post Retirement


 

Can you afford to retire when you want to? Balance between life and ? ? Access to services

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Employers responses


Legal minimum Flexible working practices Work life balance for all

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My Next Steps
     

West Midlands Fire Service Questionnaire of all staff Detailed questionnaire of few Interviews Report Call me Doctor!

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Contact me


anita.pickerden@blueyonder.co.uk +44 (0)771 556 0786

  

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