Enlightened managers hold the key to accessibility and implementation of healthy workplace policies. The organizational culture of a workplace also plays a key role in the health of a workplace. Duxbury notes that there are a number of techniques that employers can use to decrease work-family conflict, including increasing perceived control and flexibility for employees and being supportive managers. Less absenteeism Lower staff turnover Much of the current management thinking is to manage by fear but the dissatisfaction among employees that results can have a serious impact. Families are affected both emotionally and financially.
Companies suffer financially and society bears increased costs for social programs and health care.
When people experience difficulty balancing work and family issues, the stress levels increase. They typically bring this stress home, often creating family conflicts. The conflict is then brought, unresolved, to work the next day. Work-life conflict is the biggest reason people leave work or the workforce. When companies do not address these issues, they find that their best workers are the ones who are leaving.