The future of work-life balance

Technology has bought an abundance of societal changes, and adapting to these shifts in the workplace is important to retaining a happy workforce.

Employers have often encouraged ‘home life’ and ‘work life’ to be two separate entities. However, with our ability to now work anywhere in the world with a Wi-Fi connection, and employee’s wanting a better work-life balance - with one in three citing it as a top priority – a more blended approach to work-life integration could be the way forward, a recent report by Robertson Cooper, in partnership with the Bank Workers Charity, suggests.

The report states that the benefits of “integration allows workers to experience more optimal work-life situations that enable them to maximise their performance.”

However, there are downfalls with “work-life integration [placing] greater personal responsibility upon workers to manage all of their commitments” - potentially increasing stress.