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Work / Life Statistics

• Time stress is highest among married men and women aged 25 to 44 who have children and who hold full-time paid jobs. 85% of women and 79% of men in this category reported that weekdays were too short to accomplish what they needed to do. Statistics Canada (1999, November 9). General Social Survey: Time Use. The Daily (on-line) Available at: http://www.statcan.ca
• More than half of Canadians aged 25 to 44 worry that they do not have enough time to spend with their family and friends. Statistics Canada (1999, November 9). General Social Survey: Time Use. The Daily (on-line) Available at: http://www.statcan.ca
• The outsourcing of households "now represents business revenue of more than $50 billion a year in 2003 and almost a million new jobs in our workplace of 9.5 million people." (BRW, Oct 2003).
  

Monster.com released a study on the importance that workers and human resource departments place on work/life balance initiatives. The study’s results show that workers place a higher value on work/life balance benefits than their human resource departments.

The Worker's Point of View:

• 89% of employees believe that work/life balance programs, such as flextime and telecommuting are important when evaluating a new job
• More than 75% of workers believe that work/life balance initiatives result in more loyal and efficient employees
• 29% of workers view their employer’s work/life balance initiatives as good or excellent

The HR Point of View:

• 50% of HR professionals believe that work/life balance initiatives to be important for their company
• 61% of HR professionals believe there will be more employer-provided work/life balance initiatives in 5 years
• 56% of HR professionals believe that general work/life balance will improve in future
• 60% of workers say that they spend too much time working

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