Work life balance
Increasing Work Life Balance for Working Parents
Balancing work and family is inherently imperfect, but with community support and resources, and the guidance of multidisciplinary experts working parents can increase their work life balance to ensure their personal, family, and work needs are being met adequately. Comprehensive support that addresses personal and family needs solves problems that enables parents more time, energy, and attention for work.
Coworking & Care - Work, Find work, & focus on you!
Bring your child and co-work with us!
Focus, concentrate, study, work, job hunt, schedule health appointments, enjoy a cup of coffee, whatever you need to do, and we'll provide child supervision. Children will play, socialize, enjoy story time, do crafts, and learn age appropriate pre-K lessons like letters, numbers, shapes, and colors while parents get time to focus on what's important to them.
*This work life balance program is for parents with children, ages 3 months - 5 years*
helpful Information to increase work life balance
Talking to Your Boss About Your Pump Rights Under the Federal PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
Talking to Your Boss About Your Pump Rights Under the Federal PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
Talking to Your Boss About Your Pump Rights Under the Federal PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
Returning to work after having a baby can be challenging, especially if you are breastfeeding, chestfeeding, or pumping milk.
This guide will help you make a plan to take care of your lactation needs at work. It explains your legal protections and gives you practical tips for how to talk to your boss about changes you may need at work.
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What You Should Know
Talking to Your Boss About Your Pump Rights Under the Federal PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
Talking to Your Boss About Your Pump Rights Under the Federal PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) goes into effect on June 27, 2023. The PWFA gives workers the right to receive reasonable accommodations, like light duty, breaks, or a stool to sit on, for pregnancy, childbirth recovery, and related medical conditions, including lactation, unless it would be an undue hardship on the employer. The PWFA's passage is one of the biggest advances in civil rights law in decades.
Work Life Balance is a Cycle, Not an Achievement
Talking to Your Boss About Your Pump Rights Under the Federal PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act
3 Simple Suggestions to Increase Work Life Balance
Harvard Business Review has great insight for working parents on work life balance.
"Importantly, our research suggests that this is not a one-time fix, but rather, a cycle that we must engage in continuously as our circumstances and priorities evolve."
3 Simple Suggestions to Increase Work Life Balance
3 Simple Suggestions to Increase Work Life Balance
3 Simple Suggestions to Increase Work Life Balance
Balancing work and family is never perfect, but working parents can make some simple adjustments to help alleviate some stress and increase confidence. Try these simple suggestions from Stanford University sociologist, Dr. Marianne Cooper.
Practical Steps for Better Work Life Balance
3 Simple Suggestions to Increase Work Life Balance
Practical Steps for Better Work Life Balance
"In our rush to 'get it all done' at the office and at home, it’s easy to forget that as our stress levels spike, our productivity plummets."
Try these practical steps to reduce stress and increase work life balance from Mental Health America.
Balancing Work and Family
3 Simple Suggestions to Increase Work Life Balance
Practical Steps for Better Work Life Balance
For quick and simple guidance on how to increase your work life balance for comprehensive health, check out this medically reviewed article from WebMD.
Improving Efficiency
Sleep for Parents & Children
Sleep for Parents & Children
"8 Realistic Tips for Time Management When Working from Home," Robert Half
Sleep for Parents & Children
Sleep for Parents & Children
Sleep for Parents & Children
Addressing and prioritizing sleep for parents and children is essential to achieve adequate work life balance.
Resources, Products & services to increase work life balance
On Demand Courses
HBR: Working Parents Series
HBR: Working Parents Series
On demand courses for parents and expecting parents by WRK/360.
HBR: Working Parents Series
HBR: Working Parents Series
HBR: Working Parents Series
Harvard Business Review (HBR) Working Parents Series Collection (3 books). Series Editor, Daisy Dowling
"This HBR compilation offers insights and practical advice from world-class experts on the topics that matter most to working parents."
Included in this set are Managing Your Career, Getting It All Done, and Taking Care of Yourself.
Workparent
HR Coaching
HR Coaching
"The handbook you need to thrive as a working parent."
The All-in-One Resource for Every Working Parent by Daisy Dowling
HR Coaching
HR Coaching
HR Coaching
HRuprise is a community of HR professionals on a mission to flip HR on its head.
HRuprise exists to provide honest, unbiased HR coaching directly to employees.
Ohio Resources, Products & services
Central Ohio Family Support Network
A network you can trust, for all things family and child.
Village Family Collective Central Ohio supports the well-being of our local kids and families in an actionable way.
Time is a family’s biggest asset, but can also be their biggest scarcity. We are working hard to support kids and families with what they need most. We have compiled a collection of local, consciously chosen and by invite only, small businesses for your family’s every need.