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Project Tackles Work-Life Imbalance
MEDIA RELEASE
27 April 2005
Project Tackles Work-Life Imbalance
The Government’s decision to fund work-life balance projects in several workplaces will help to develop practical solutions to work-life problems affecting thousands of workers, Council of Trade Unions secretary Carol Beaumont said today.
The Government has committed $1.8 million over three years in a number of workplaces to identify issues affecting work-life balance, develop tools to tackle the problems and evaluate the changes.
“Unions see work-life balance as being about the fundamental aspects of decent work - such as fair pay, secure employment, reasonable hours of work and access to quality, affordable childcare,” Carol Beaumont said.
Unions, workers and employers will be working together to address work-life balance issues under the plan announced today.
“The CTU is a partner in the Government’s work-life balance project and we expect that this latest initiative will benefit both employers seeking to attract and retain a skilled workforce and workers who are trying to balance their work with their family and other responsibilities.”
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New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Te Kauae Kaimahi
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi brings together over 350,000 New Zealand union members in 40 affiliated unions. We are the united voice for working people and their families in New Zealand.
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