New guide to work-life policies launched

What you will find in the guide

Spread across 20 pages, this People Management guide brings together a series of feature articles. Further information can be found on PM's new dedicated web site at www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/work-life.

• Balancing act earns UK respect
  An overview of the issues involved and the pressures for change.

• Research survey: work-life balance or career death?
  Issues and paradoxes facing marketing and human resource professionals based on key findings from a survey of 250 HR practitioners.

• The CEO who gave his bank balance
  A profile of Peter Ellwood, first chair of the Employers for Work-Life Balance alliance and CEO of Lloyds TSB.

• How does it really work in practice?
  Lloyds TSB has won many a plaudit for its work-life balance policies, but any business strategy is only as good as its line manager.

• Only intensive care can save NHS staff
  Improving work-life balance has become a key weapon in the fight against recruitment and retention difficulties in the NHS.

• Secrets and ties - employees who care for older adults
  Employers can no longer afford to ignore the work-life balance problems facing employees caring for elderly relatives.

• Making sense of work-life balance: 10 tips for HR professionals
  Work-life balance is on everyone’ s lips but do you know enough about it to answer questions when the board takes an interest?

• How to improve work-life balance in your organisation
  Practical advice on what’ s possible in an organisation and what’ s not.

• Work-life balance links
  A comprehensive guide to who to turn to for information, advice and support in the world of work-life balance.

• Joseph Rowntree Foundation work and family life programme
  A list of recent research projects.