Germany: new online tool to help companies improve their work-life balance policies

How much does my company really help staff balance their work and private lives? To help companies answer this question as accurately as possible, Germany’s Families Minister, in collaboration with the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), and the Association of Human Resources Managers (BPM), has developed a Work-Life balance index (Fortschrittsindex Vereinbarkeit). Launched on 27 September during the ‘Family - a success factor’ congress held in Berlin, this new online tool should enable companies to raise the profile, evaluate, and improve their work-life balance provisions as well as scoring points in the race to woo talent.

Through . Published on 02 October 2019 à 14h16 - Update on 02 October 2019 à 15h28

Divergent perceptions. According to the latest ‘Company parents policy barometer’, published on 17 September 2019 by the IW Cologne Institute for Economic Research, which for the past 15 years has every three years evaluated the nature and scope of German companies’ work-life provisions.…

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