Work and Family Life Balance

Employee morale and motivation are key to success in running a 24/7 business. Recent research has shown that conflicts between work and family life are one of the main issues that lead shift workers to quit or consider quitting. As shift workers work outside the normal Monday to Friday daytime hours, their time off duty doesn’t match up with that of their family and friends. The amount and quality of time off are also an issue. In some cases, the amount of time off is perceived to be not enough after taking time for recuperation. Excessive overtime can compound the problem. When the workload is too high for the existing workforce, employees are sometimes required to come in on days off to work overtime, further reducing their ability to have good quality time off.

How CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA can help you:

CIRCADIAN AUSTRALIA provides several approaches that can help shift work employers and shift workers meet the challenges of balancing work and family life, including:

Managing a Shift Work Lifestyle – Training program that provides critical information to help employees deal with the challenges of working shift work, especially the night shift. Training includes information on fatigue, alertness, sleep, nutrition, health, family/social life and more.
Fatigue Training Online - The premier online fatigue management training program for the 24/7 workforce. This web-based system offers specialised training programs providing workers with practical solutions to maintain altertness, productivity, safety and high performance on-duty and get better sleep off-duty.
Shift Schedule Optimisation – Programs to help develop schedules that improve both operational efficiency as well as maximise employee time off.
Employee Publications – Easy to read and informative materials that focuses on relevant topics for shift workers.