Work life balance (WLB) has become an area of focus for businesses since the 2000s. Reasons include a greater participation of women in workplace, increasing dual-earner families, rising living standards, new technologies and longer work hours. We discuss four types of WLB practices below, explaining how they can be good for business and providing some real-world examples we have observed while working with local companies.

Companies concerned to promote good staff wellbeing, will often provide health seminars for their staff. These generally cover valuable topics such as stress management, good nutrition and work-life balance. Even though the sessions are free and generally short, it is sometimes difficult to encourage busy staff to take the time out to attend.