IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

The unrestricted timings for work life balance (WLB) at work place- A statistical study

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Dr.A. Pavani

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This paper scrutinizes the provision of unrestricted timings in working place in order to have a work-life balance, (here after this phrase referred as WLB) as one of the strategies in improving the work life balance of employees in a corporate life at present scenario. A qualitative descriptive study and research design with an investigative approach was used and understanding employee perceptions regarding the use of unrestricted working hours among ABC Company employees discussed in detailed. A non-probability purposive sample (n = 200) was taken in the form of a semi-structured interviews which was conducted as data collection for content analysis used to analyze the data. This study is based on main themes which were extracted from four models. Among the four themes, the first two themes related to the various ways on how the employees have influencing factors on unrestricted timings. The employees use flexible timings according to their convenient timings like part time working hours, work demand based timings, work from home options and work bounded and not time bounded works and so on. The third and fourth themes are about the reflections and opinions of the employees and employer’s situation and circumstances based on their limitations keeping in view of both the parties’ benefits. It’s similar to the term you win and I win, where the company reaches its goals as well as employees get satisfied in getting work life balance. Apart from these, the reduced productivity and increased workload on employees as well as the repercussions are also included in the discussions in third and fourth themes. The 21st era is called technical era as human beings compete with machines. The LPG-Liberalization, Privatization and Globalizations brought out new dimension in the business world which reflects on human life style with a great affect. These trends and developments equally brought stress on MNCs as well

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