SINHGAD COLLEGE OF COMMERCE

WORK LIFE
BALANCE
Work Life Balance
 A Foundation Of Human Skills Project
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 Submitted To : Prof. Ritika Hemdev
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 Presented By:
 A.V.Naveen Jose
 Budhkar Nikhil
 Dhanuka Pratik
 Kaushal Nitish
 Toshniwal Deepak
 Yashod Puneet
Work Life Balance
W hat is Str ess?

 “…a reaction in your mind and

body to an event in the outside
world that alarms or arouses
you.”


 “…wear and tear our bodies

experience as we adjust to our
continually changing
environment.”
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Levels of Stress

 Eustress or positive stress occurs

when your level of stress is high
enough to motivate you to move into
action to get things accomplished.
Distress or negative stress occurs
when your level of stress is either
too high or too low and your body
and/or mind begin to respond
negatively to the stressors.
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What does stress do?

Ø Loss of temper Ø Hyper vigilance

Ø Insomnia Ø Anxiety
Ø Withdrawal Ø High blood pressure
Ø Crying spells Ø Heart disease
Ø Fatigue Ø Stroke
Ø Panic Ø Suicidal
Ø Hopelessness Ø Fear
Ø Depression Ø Irritability
Ø Worry Ø Memory problems
Ø Rashes & Ulcers Ø Perspiration
Ø Increased smoking, Ø Difficulty making
alcohol or food decisions
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Types of Stressors

Injury Environmental
Emotional

Physical
Illness Career Pressures
Importance of
balancing work and life
 What is work-life
balance / conflict?
 Why is important?
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What is work-life
balance / conflict?
 ......when the cumulative demands of
work and non-work life roles are
incompatible in some respect so that
participation in one role is made more
difficult by participation in other role.....
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What is work-life
balance / conflict?
 A particularelement of work-life conflict is
work-related stress, which can be
caused by:
heavy workload
lack of participation in decision-making
health and safety hazards
job insecurity and
tight deadline
Why is work-life balance
an important issue?
 mentaland physical well-being of
employees


 qualityof personal relationships outside

of work
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 effects on organisation’s bottom line

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Studying Different Companies
Attempts to Balance It’s Employees
Work And Life
 We First consider “Google” Which is
ranked as the No.1 Search Engine on
the world wide web.
 Google is been also ranked No.1 as the
“BEST PLACE TO WORK WITH” by
the Fortune Magazine.
Google - A Place To Work
For
 Now Google might be a search engine on
the internet but it requires quite a hard
work to link various websites on just
typing words in the search bar.
 So for doing that the employees required
are very efficient and really active.
Google – A Place To Work
For
 Being a very tiring job employees would
have been broken into pieces.
 But thanks to the working environment it
is found that the Google employees
are not ready to leave their work at any
cost.
Google – A Place To Work
For
 The reason for employees honesty
towards work are the various luxuries
given to them during their working
hours.
 What might be the luxuries?
 Watching TV's, A Movie or a Outdoor trip.
 Yes these are a few luxuries. But this is
not the end of their comfortable
working.
Google – A Place To Work
For
 The Google office in California , USA has
a Gaming room for its employees.
 Not only that but also restaurant with
different cuisines.
 Well that is not the end what the office
has is It’s own Gymnasium for the
employees health.
Google – A Place To Work
For
 It also has a swimming pool , car
washing services , free laundry
services.
 If the employees don’t feel well there 5
Doctor’s on site for there relief.
 Not only that if employees have a pet
they can even bring them at there work
places.
Google – A Place To Work
For
 You might be thinking that if a company
spends so much on their employees
what does it get in return ?
 Well the answer is The tremendous
honesty of the workers also great
hardships to raise its profits.
 And yes Google’s profit margin has
already reached the sky limit.
Google – A Place To Work
For
I know you all might be thinking that its
just a report . But what we have is a
video of CNBC TODAY to show you
what it is working at the Google.
Google – A Place To Work
For
Other Places To Work For
 Ferrari – After listening to these name the
first thing that strikes your mind is
Super car.
 But do you know making each car and
also its spare parts is hell of a job.
 Also the situation of the workers is very
stressful and also tiring . But thanks to
the companies efforts the workers find
it quite interesting and healthy working
there.
Ferrari
Employer support for work-life balance
Collected information covering a large number
of flexible working practices and leave
arrangements
 flexible working  allowing employees
hours to change from
 flexible working full - time to
time practices part - time
such as job working
sharing, flexi-  additional
time, annualised maternity
hours, term-time rights
working,  paid paternity
compressed leave
working weeks and  additional
reduced hours parental leave
working
 paid time off
 home working
for
 emergencies
 support for
working
parents
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1. Flexible working
hours
 Just over two-thirds of employers
reported that their employees were
allowed to vary their hours
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 Evidence suggests that the proportion
of workplaces where this is allowed
is increasing
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 This ‘informal’ arrangement was more
commonly used in small
establishments, in particular those
belonging to small organisations
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2. Flexible working time
practices
30

24

20
% of workplaces

16
15
14

10 8
7

0
Term-time Job share Flexi-time Compressed A nnualised Reduced
Just under half provide any hours
of these hours hours
Provision defined in terms of at least
some employees using the practice in
the past 12 months
2. Flexible working time
arrangements
 Restrictions on eligibility to use
these practices varied across the
different practices

 Managerial employees were the most
likely group to be restricted
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 Few employers restricted the use of
these practices to just employees
with children
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2. Flexible working time
arrangements
 The proportion of employees using
these practices (“take-up”) varied
considerably across the practices

 Evidence suggests that there has
been an increase in employers’
provision of flexible working
time arrangements
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3. Home working
 Just over one-in-seven workplaces
reported providing home working that
had been used by employees in the
past 12 months
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 Most employers restrict who can work

from home, usually on practical
grounds


 Take-up of home working also modest


 Evidence is mixed as to whether
provision has increased
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4. Allowing employees to
change from full-time to part-
time working
 Employers tended to treat requests from
women returning from maternity leave
more favourably than those from other
employees
 more likely to be able to make this change and also
keep her existing job and level of seniority
 In the past year, one in four
establishments have had a request to
make this change
 In almost every establishment, managers
reported that they would give
consideration to such a request
 practical business issues such as the impact on the
business, current workload and availability of
cover were the main factors behind the decision to
accept or reject such a request
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Employer support for
work-life balance
25 23
22

20
17
% of establishments

15
15

10 8 8

5 3 3
1
0
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Number of work-life balance practices
Impact of work-life balance
practices and leave
arrangements
 Relatively few employers reported
that there were ongoing costs
resulting from the provision of
flexible working practices and
leave arrangements
 where ongoing costs were reported, two-fifths said
these costs were minimal, with a further two-
fifths reporting moderate costs
 Two-thirds of employers that reported
having any of these practices said
they thought these practices had
been cost effective
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How Might Psychologists Help
Organizations and Employees
With Balance
 Continue to study effects of balance &
conflict
 Help organizations to measure work-life
balance
 Help organizations to identify and
implement strategies for increasing
balance
 Help organizations design work to
facilitate balance
 Help workers take advantage of
strategies
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How to deal with stress???

 Feeling good about yourselves can be

an effective buffer against stress.
Eliminate unnecessary worries.
 Most worries are either passed on to
us by another or conjured up in our
imagination.
 GET PHYSICAL
 1. Relax neck and shoulders
 2. Take a stretch
 3. Get a massage
 4. Exercise
How to deal with
stress???
 GET MENTAL
 5. Count to 10
 6. Control your thoughts
 7. Fantasize
 8. Congratulate yourself
 9. Ignore the problem if appropriate,
after evaluation
 10. Perform self maintenance
 11. Talk to a counselor
How to deal with
stress???
 GET SPIRITUAL
 12. Meditate
 13. Pray
 14. Remember your purpose
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How to deal with
stress???
 USE YOUR BODY AND MIND
TOGETHER
 15. Take a break
 16. Get hug therapy
 17. Try progressive relaxation
 18. Try yoga
 19. Try aroma therapy
 20. Laugh
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How to deal with
stress???
 DEVELOP NEW SKILLS
 21. Prioritize daily tasks
 22. Learn something
 23. Practice a hobby
Conclusion
 Employers’ attitudes are generally
supportive of work-life balance
 However, their support is not always matched
by actions
 Found considerable variation in the
provision of flexible working practices
and leave arrangements
 Study supports earlier work on the business
benefits to be had from providing work-
life balance practices
 No evidence to suggest that employers see
work-life balance as only applicable to
employees with children
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Bibliography
 www.google.co.in
 www.wikipedia.org
 www.worklifebalance.com
 www.youtube.com
 National Center For Social Research
 The Human Side Of Organization By, Dr.
Michael Drafke.
 Balancing Work and Life
in the Mining Industry By, Dr. Connie
Zheng.
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Acknowledgement
 Ms. Ritika Hemdev
 Sinhgad College Of Commerce
 FYBMS Class of SCOC.
THANK YOU