Research and analysis
Work life balance: business costs and benefits - literature review
Summary of published evidence on the costs and benefits to business of flexible working, parental leave, and childcare support practices.
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This report summarises the literature on the costs and benefits to business of adopting work-life balance practices including:
- flexible working (flexi-time, working from home, reduced hours, job sharing and term-time working)
- policies specifically directed at families (maternity, paternity, parental leave/pay, and childcare support provision such as onsite nurseries)