Work-Life Balance in Canadian Workplaces

This website has been created to help organizations design and implement supportive programs and policies facilitating work-life balance. By reducing work-life struggles, individuals can enjoy a healthier lifestyle while improving productivity at work. A first section allows employers, unions, managers and human resources practitioners to access the latest information and examples of best practices that enhance work-life balance for their employees. A second section highlights the issues of an aging workforce.

	New Approaches in Achieving Compliance with Statutory Employment Standards CPRN and IPAC suggest creating a "culture of compliance" regarding employment standards in Canada in this report posted July 8, 2005.
	Improving Work-Life Balance - What Are Other Countries Doing? This report provides an overview of different types of work-life balance initiatives that have been developed by some industrialized countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden and the United States. The report also reviews recent survey data that suggests work-life conflict is a growing concern in several countries. Overall, the report reveals that there is no “one size fits all” approach to improving work-life balance.
	Addressing Work-Life Balance in Canada This paper describes the emerging understanding of the causes of increasing work-life conflict and the need for measures to promote work-life balance. The paper summarizes the changes in social and institutional conditions over the past forty years which have resulted in dramatic changes in the workforce and new challenges for the workplace. Current approaches for employers and governments to address work-life conflict are discussed, includingresearch and promotion as well as health, social and labour policy initiatives.
	Voices of Canadians: Seeking Work-Life Balance (PDF Version) prepared by Duxbury, Higgins and Coghill. This report is a compilation of the comments of Canadian workers regarding how they feel about the stress they are facing in their daily lives as they seek to balance work and family. These personal experiences are drawn from the 10,000 comments provided by participants in Health Canada's 2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study.
	Collective Agreements and Older Workers in Canada (PDF Version)

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