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  1. #1
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    Default Innovative Policies

    We are looking for new and innovative ideas for work/life balance policies for our organisations.

    Love to hear what other organisations are doing in this area.

    Regards
    Michelle Gilliver-Smith
    Human Resources Manager
    Port Stephens Council
    Telephone: +612 49800126
    Fax: +612 49831598
    Mobile: 0438 767892
    Email: michelle.gilliversmith@portstephens.nsw.gov.au
    116 Adelaide Street, Raymond Terrace
    PO Box 42 Raymond Terrace NSW 2324
    DX 21406
    www.portstephens.nsw.gov.au

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    Hi Michelle,

    I strongly believe work/life balance centres on flexibility and this means giving staff the ability to work on some sort of flexitime arrangement or on a part time basis. We effectively do both. We also give quite a few of our staff the ability to work from home occasionally, which means we give them a notebook computer instead of a desktop computer and they have remote access to email and the server in our office.

    Providing staff with greater flexibility is obviously much easier in some organisations than others and it is unlikely to be achieved without any changes to the organisation, so it needs commitment all the way through the management chain. Introducing flexitime or part time working arrangements takes some effort. It's not likely to be the most efficient way of working and can cause some logistical challenges but it can work. It has allowed us to hire some great staff whom we simply couldn't have attracted to a normal full time position. The reward for us as an employer is an extremely dedicated, contented workforce - which means they're also a very productive workforce.

    Something we have seen when hiring people from other employers who allow staff to work part time, is that the individual's work-load doesn't change when they have gone from say a five day week to a four day week. So they are simply expected to do five days work in four! Clearly these organisations are not really committed to providing work/life balance and are just paying lip service to it. As you can imagine, it doesn't take the staff long to work this out! Therefore setting correct expectations as to what work will be done by a part time employee is a critical factor for success.

    Hope this helps,

    Scott

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    Thanks for this Scott. Yes, our staff are telling us that flexibility is the key!

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    Excellent document Best Practice: Family and Work Life Balance Manual for the SACS Sector available at www.asuvic.asn.au

    Whatever the sector you're in, this Manual is comprehensive and applicable.

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    Thanks Neil.

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