Professionals without children may get the short end of the stick when it comes to work-life balance policies, new research has found. Boiarintseva's paper, which focuses on child-free dual career couples, points out that work-life balance policies haven't kept up with social trends, including that more couples forego parenting today. Removing family status from the equation"Despite the increasing diversity in family structure and personal responsibilities of employees, most organizations' work-life balance policies cater to the needs of employees with children, while inadvertently paying less attention to the work-life balance needs of those without," the study said. Although she's a parent herself, Boiarintseva said work-life balance accommodations must offer something for everyone. Boiarintseva​ said she favours an a la carte approach to work-life balance policies that allows employees to pick and choose what's valuable to them.

Source: CBC News December 29, 2018 09:00 UTC