Employers and Work-Life Balance(EaWLB) aims to help all UK organisations implement and continuously improve sustainable work-life strategies which meet customer needs, corporate goals and enhance the quality of life for individuals. EaWLB is a one-stop work-life resource for:

Large Organizations:

Larger organisations have to balance complex sets of customer demands, corporate objectives and individual needs. Work-life strategies also have to be implemented through various managerial levels and within team structures. It takes time to achieve buy-in and implement a sustainable strategy organisation-wide.

Measuring tool

The purpose of this tool is to help you identify how your organisation compares to work-life balance best practice. It aims to provide you with a framework in which you can identify how your organisation might progress on work-life balance. It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire. For each question, please click the box that most closely represents what your organisation is doing, or click "none of the previous" if none apply. Do this fairly quickly and intuitively. The outcome is only of any value if you do it honestly. At the end of each of the 4 sections your "grade" will be calculated as will your overall standing at the end of the questionnaire.

Small and medium sized organisations

Smaller organisations face particular challenges when introducing or improving work-life balance policies. Time and cost constraints can seem prohibitive, particularly with a smaller staff whose skills are essential.

Policy makers and journalists

Those writing about work-life balance or looking at government policies need to be aware of latest developments in the work-life field.

Starting points are:
Latest research: access to information on the work-life debate
WLB progress: key work-life balance milestones
Press releases: releases from EfWLB and other organisations
FAQs: background information – from definitions to the future of work-life balance
Legislation: keep abreast of the changes
Organisational case studies: range from large organisations such as Lloyds TSB and Marks & Spencer to small businesses
Useful quotes and individual case studies: see ‘In practice’ towards the end of the following documents:

• BT
• Farrelly Facilities & Engineering Ltd
• Inland Revenue
• IXL Laundry Services Group Ltd
• Lloyds TSB
• London Borough of Camden

Experts: work-life balance contacts within The Work Foundation and other organisations. Individuals The EaWLB site has some helpful information for individuals, although it is mainly targeted at employers and policymakers. There are a number of sites that are directly aimed at individuals (see below). You may also find the following information useful.
FAQs: find out why work-life balance is for everyone, not just parents, and whether there is an ideal balance between work and the other components of your life
Jargon buster: make sure you know your terms – from ‘annualised hours’ to ‘time sovereignty’
Legislation: know your rights at work
WLB progress: key work-life balance milestones