CHEERS BOSS; It pays to get the work-life balance right for workers.Byline: By SARAH Sarah or Sarai: see Sara. Sarah (flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90. STACK BOSSES are helping their staff strike the ideal work-life balance, it was claimed yesterday. The Irish Business and Employers' Confederation A union of states in which each member state retains some independent control over internal and external affairs. Thus, for international purposes, there are separate states, not just one state. said heads of firms now understand family responsibilities and that limited personal time can hamper worker performance. An the launch of Work-Life Balance Day, IBEC IBEC Irish Business and Employers' Confederation IBEC International Basic Economy Corporation IBEC International Bank for Economic Cooperation IBEC International Broadband Electric Communications, Inc. said recruiting and keeping the best staff was now an increasing priority. IBEC director of social and education policy Tony Donohoe said: "Competition is intense for talented and motivated employees and with that in mind many employers are taking innovative steps to help staff balance their work and non-working lives. "Employers who offer flexibility to staff find that they attract applications from a wider and more diverse pool of talent. "The people they recruit are better motivated, contribute to the full extent of their ability and remain with their employer for longer periods of time." IBEC has produced a manual for bosses to guide them through applying work-life balance programmes. It outlines a range of flexible working arrangements including job-sharing, flexi-time, career breaks, e-working and employee assistance programmes. Recent IBEC research suggests more than 80 per cent of employers are offering some level of flexibility to staff. Figures also reveal that bosses offering teleworking as an option has doubled between 2004 and 2006, enabling employees to work from home for at least one or two days a week. Yesterday Labour Affairs Minister Tony Killeen Tony Killeen (born June, 1952), is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He is currently the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with special responsibility for Environment addressed the national framework committee for work-life balance policies and representatives of public and private sector employees. The event featured initiatives from the committee including a recent experience on perceptions of work-life balance across the EU and findings from the UK on employee, boss and government perspectives on work-life balance. news@irishmirror.ie CAPTION(S): OVERTIME: Hectic schedules of staff Picture posed |
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