SOC DISCUSSION 7

In preparation for this discussion, read the following articles:

• Work, Family, and Stress (Clark, 1992)
• Flexible Work Arrangements (Koch, 1998)
• Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance
• Everybody Wins With a Healthy Work-Life Balance
• 10 Ways to Establish a Better Work/Life Balance

Balancing work and personal responsibilities can be a challenge. Employers are increasingly acknowledging these struggles and are instituting policies to help address them. Please address the following:

• Suggest two policies that you think employers could institute that would best promote work-life balance among their employees. Be sure to explain why you think these policies would help.
• Would all employees benefit from these policies or just certain types of employees? 
• Once these policies are instituted in the workplace, what role does workplace culture play in whether or not employees take advantage of them?
• What effect would these policies promoting work-life balance have on workplace productivity?        

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