Work-life Balance Networks

Increasingly businesses and organisations across Wales benefit from providing its people with good flexible and remote working opportunities, and work-life balance initiatives. These valuable business benefits from providing access to flexible working and work life balance initiatives include increased morale, motivation and productivity, improved efficiency and improved customer service and client satisfaction all of which can have a real impact on the bottom-line.

Chwarae Teg Work-life Balance regional networks bring together employers from different sectors across Wales to share best practice and learn from each other. The network aims to promote awareness of work-life balance, flexible and remote working and support employers introducing, embedding and sustaining work-life balance policies and practice.

South East Wales Work-life Balance Network Meeting, 4th March 2013

Who is the Network aimed at?

• Public Sector Statutory bodies
• Local Education Authorities
• Employment Services
• Voluntary Sector Bodies
• Private Sector Organisations and Businesses
• Housing Associations
• and anyone with an interest in Flexible Working and Work-life Balance issues.

When do we meet?

Meetings take place twice a year in North Wales, South East Wales and South West Wales. Click here for Chwarae Teg's Employer Work-life Balance Networks: 2013 Programme.

Latest Network Event Overview

During February and March 2013 we held Work-life Balance Network events across Wales and was joined by Wayne Cowley, Head of HR Operations (Acting Head of HR), National Assembly for Wales. Wayne came along to share the business benefits experienced at the National Assembly for Wales through working flexibly which has earned them a place in the top ten UK employers at the Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark and Awards 2012.

These network events provide an opportunity to share best practice, as well as provide network members with an opportunity to learn from each other.

The following presentations given at the Network events are available to download.

‘UK Government’s plans to change the right to request flexible working and shared parental leave’ by Jane Nyhan, Chwarae Teg

‘Support for Working Families’ by Wayne Cowley, National Assembly for Wales

"I find the group sessions really helpful as you can always pick up hints and tips from others. I would recommend the Networking events to anyone who is interested in creating a fair place to work with a happy and productive workforce."

- Gill Pollock, Coleg Gwent

Newsletter

Welcome to the Spring 2013 edition of the Work-life Balance Network Newsletter!

Each quarter our newsletter will deliver updates and feedback on all things Work-life Balance as well as keep you in the loop with forthcoming events and news.

How can you get involved?

Joining the Work Life Balance Network is free of charge. For more info on joining this network or for booking a place please contact