Work Life Balance Programs

Introduction Employees in today’s workplace deal with long hours, demanding employers, high stress jobs, and low pay. Women deal with the stress of balancing the demand of work while trying to have a family, they receive less promotions, and few women hold senior level positions. The demand from employers and the lack of work-life balance programs have caused women to abandon opportunities in corporations, but rather pursue family goals, and others their own business. American corporations are less likely to see more female leadership because of these obstacles and the lack of support from upper levels of corporate leadership. There are many opportunities for remedying this including flex time, telecommuting, paid parental leave, and other benefits that would encourage work life balance and promote gender balanced leadership.
Topic Overview Despite increasing female enrollments in colleges over the last several decades even to the point where women outnumber or are equal to men, there is still …show more content…
Personally, I believe the biggest challenges women face when trying to move up the corporate ladder is balancing work with family responsibilities. Organizations can make work life balance easier for women by offering better work life programs and alternates to traditional work schedule. For example, an organization can offer programs such as teleworking, alternate work schedules, flex scheduling, and offer more time off for maternity, sick, and vacation leave. Telework has many advantages including increase in work productivity, quality of life, and it reduces employee’s personal costs. Organizations see a reduction in real estate costs and a decrease in employee turnover and absenteeism (Benefits of Telework, 2015).Employees who work for organizations who offer telework are more productive, happier, and are less likely to leave for other