Family-work balance: a tricky balancing act?

Did you know that slightly more than half of all parents in paid employment have access to one or two family-work balance measures?

Parents’ job-related responsibilities impact their family life. Parents in paid employment report higher rates of experiencing a low sense of parental efficacy and satisfaction, for example when they can’t access any family-work balance measures.

The types of measures that contribute to a better family-work balance are:

• Flexible working hours
• Paid leaves for family reasons
• Working from home
• Reorganized or reduced working hours