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Flexible work practices that assist employees with family responsibilities can increase productivity and reduce costs as employers' interests and employees' responsibilities are matched.
It's important to build some flexibility into your work procedures. Babies don't always arrive on their due dates and health concerns are often unpredictable. It's good practice to allow your employees the time they need to deal with their personal and childcare responsibilities.
The State Government's Working Families Program seeks to assist employees and employers to balance work and family needs.
Overview of the importance of family to Victorian workers, with an introduction to the Action Agenda for Work and Family Balance.
IRV, in partnership with Regional Development Victoria, has completed research into the issues surrounding work and family balance in rural communities.
Results of a research paper into the rate of women's participation in the workforce and the economic, social and cultural effects of such participation.
Overview of the Working Families Council; an advisory group comprising representatives that will provide advice to Government on strategies that benefit workers, families and the Victorian community.
Describes how the Better Work and Family Balance Grants Program helped businesses to adopt practices that improve the work and family balance of Victorian employees. Grant recipients project details and case studies are included.
In 2005 Industrial Relations Victoria undertook the Quality Part-Time Work Project, to collect information about best practice in part-time employment, and to promote innovation and productivity while improving the balance between family and work.
Amendments to the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act seek to address the work and family juggling act.
