Editor's Note

There was a time when the borders between work and home were fairly clear. Today, however, work is likely to invade your personal life — and maintaining work-life balance is no simple task. When your work life and personal life are out of balance, your stress level is likely to soar.However, work-life balance isn't still a distant dream.

Balancing Work And Family Life: Realistic tips

When I was pregnant with my first child, I planned to stay home with him until he was in kindergarten. I would work only very part time so I wouldn’t be completely out of touch with my field. We rearranged our finances and prepared a budget so we could stretch one paycheck further.

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Sleep - A Company’s Most Valuable Asset: How big is the sleepless problem?

We are now working more hours than we sleep, overturning the efforts made in the 19th century to reduce the working hours of factory workers to the 'eight hour' day. This may appear to be a win for business growth and profits, but closer inspection reveals this is not the case. In fact, the reported epidemic levels of sleep deprivation and associated negative consequences could be the very thing harming both UK employee health and wellbeing and business potential. Moving forward, having a well-slept workforce could be regarded as a company’s most valuable asset.

Workplace Psychosocial Factors: Neglecting it is bad for employee health and wellbeing

Both the CDC and the WHO have concluded that it is the interrelationship between these factors that determine individual and population health. Because of this, interventions that target multiple determinants of health are likely to be the most effective.

‘Fit For Work’ Service: What is it all about?

Did you know that if an employee is absent from work for at least four weeks, you can refer them to a Government-funded scheme called ‘Fit for Work’? Fit for Work is a service that assesses the occupational health of an employee who has been absent from work for four weeks or more.

Tech Employees Want More: Money is not the answer!

Tech companies have become famous for their corporate cultures, perks, and the incredible tactics they used to hire and keep top talent. Nap pods, on-site barber shops, and even concierge services have become standard fare for competitive tech startups. Facebook has taken employee perks to new heights by offering to pay for employees’ eggs to be frozen -- a five figure expense at minimum. Silicon Valley stalwarts like Apple, Google, and Amazon shell out top dollar to convince people to work for them -- but are money and free dry cleaning really what employees want more of?

Health Benefits To Boost Employee Satisfaction: 5 steps to maximizing it

Despite dramatic changes in the healthcare industry —due largely to the Affordable Care Act—some employers still take a stagnant approach when dealing with employees’ benefits, health, and wellness.

Thinking Outside The Network: How benefits managers can save money while keeping employees happy

The rising cost of healthcare has dominated industry headlines for years. Healthcare spending in the United States exceeded $3 trillion last year and continues to grow—as the burden on the employers who are providing healthcare coverage to their employees. According to SHRM, medical costs for employers are expected to increase an additional 6.5 percent in 2016, following a 6.8 percent hike in 2015.

Wearables In The Workplace: The opportunities and challenges

Wearable devices – which can do everything from help you navigate from A to B, act as a media and communication gadget, synchronize data from other devices and act as a health and fitness tracker – have skyrocketed in popularity. With wearables serving as the primary reason for the popularity of IoT for consumers, the next segment for technology vendors to turn to is the enterprise.