| WORK-LIFE BALANCE Private sector lagging behind in development of work-life policies The public sector is winning the work-life war handsdown. The findings of the Human Resources/Accor Services survey show a chasm in attitudes to work-life balance between public and private sector organisations. As many as 71% of public sector organisations polled had formal policies in place. However, in the private organisations, the figure was a mere 22%. Work-life policies were firmly on the back burner among the largest 250 publicly quoted UK companies: of the FTSE 250 firms replying to the survey just 14% had formal policies. What are the main benefits of having work-life polices in place?
Source: Human Resources/Accor Services survey. Want to know more? Title: Does the private sector believe that work-life balance is for wimps? Human Resources, September 2002. Methodology: Human Resources interviewed 210 HR professionals on the subject of work-life balance. Interviews were carried out by telephone questionnaire. Survey sample: The survey is based on information from 63 public sector orgnisations, 49 FTSE 250 companies and 98 other private sector firms. The sample was taken from Human Resources magazine's subscriber database. Availability: Contact Human Resources subscriptions, tel: 020 8606 7500. Take a look at the magazine's new web site — see what you think . . . www.humanresourcesmagazine.com Posted 20 September 2001 |