A Review of Work-Life Balance Practices in Globally Changing Workplace

Work-life balance has become an important issue in the 21st century. Work and family life are two sides of the same coin as both are interconnected and interfere with each other. Increased work demands interfere with family life, and on the contrary, family demands interfere with the work-life of employees. Therefore, conflicts occur, which negatively affect an employee's performance at work as well as at home. Looking at the trend, organisations have increasingly started to take an active interest in implementing practices that enable employees to cope with the work-life balance issues. The study attempted to explore the work-life balance practices of organisations. Also, brings forth issues and practices prevailing in Indian context. The materials reviewed were obtained through searches of academic, business and sociological database containing generalised research evidence and case study findings. It includes academic journal articles, books, research reports and materials oriented to business community.