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Each year, the Department of Workforce Services honors companies that are setting the standard for work/life best practices.
Learn more about the Utah Work/Life
Award
The field of Work/Life focuses on helping businesses be more successful by creating workplaces that support a diverse workforce and a culture that recognizes the work/life needs of it's employees. Work/life programs and policies take many different forms, but businesses that truly benefit from work/life programs are the ones that align their work/life strategies with their business strategies, ensuring that their primary business and productivity objectives are supported by their work/life efforts.
Companies that value a work/life focus come in all sizes, and from all industries and structures. However, they all have in common the successful implementation of family-friendly work places that address flexibility, dependent care, community involvement, opportunity and advancement, as well as flexible benefits and education support.
As Utah's economy is flourishing and the labor market is becoming increasingly competitive, companies are doing all they can to attract and retain the best people to build profitable, productive businesses.
Successful work/life programs can have a
tremendous bottom-line business impact by:
- Reducing turnover
- Enhancing recruitment
- Reducing absenteeism
- Improving retention
- Improving productivity
- Improving morale
- Strengthening employee commitment
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