Give workers more flexibility, employers urged

WORKERS must be allowed more flexibility to balance their social and family lives with their job responsibilities, a new employer network has urged.

The Work Life Balance Network (WLBN) which brings together six public sector employers with more than 30,000 staff is urging all companies to have more consideration for employees' needs.

WLBN project manager Bernadette Barrington said all firms had a responsibility to help employees achieve a greater balance between the need to earn a decent income and enjoy a full social life.