Benefits and Limitations of Work-Life Balance 
Introduction
Nothing in recent years has drawn as much attention as the initiative of Work Life Balance which not just a desirable need by employees, but as a strategic way which used by some organizations to attract and retain employees. With the development of society and the rapid race(strong competition) in life, most of people are increasingly feel so uncomfortable and stress that they have no time for their family and individual life which lead them have to find some jobs which can meet their requirements better. For organizations, however, they want to attract and retain their employees especially some workers who full of skills and capacities. So, the initiative of Work Life Balance has been much taken into consideration by a large number of organizations (CIPD, 2010).
This essay will attempt to argue the benefits and limitations of the Work Life Balance. To begin with, there will an introduction of the Work Life Balance relating to the definition, trend and the reasons why it is required and used by employees and organizations. Then, there will be some applications in which the WLB mainly involves and some examples of how the other companies apply WLB into practice to achieve the goals. The third part will discuss the benefits and limitations of the initiatives of Work Life Balance for both employees and organizations. Finally, a conclusion will be drawn concerning what the essay has discussed.
Main body
Work Life Balance is not a term which can be easily defined. Work-Life Balance is in fact a broader issue of how to handle with the conflicting demands consisted of two issues included by corporate profitability on the on hand and the desire of workers who are under pressure and strain on the other hand (Taylor, 2002). Noon and Blyton (2007) agree with Taylor and suggest that Work Life Balance is about individuals who being able to successfully deal with the relationships between working lives and non-working lives without pressure from both of
Nothing in recent years has drawn as much attention as the initiative of Work Life Balance which not just a desirable need by employees, but as a strategic way which used by some organizations to attract and retain employees. With the development of society and the rapid race(strong competition) in life, most of people are increasingly feel so uncomfortable and stress that they have no time for their family and individual life which lead them have to find some jobs which can meet their requirements better. For organizations, however, they want to attract and retain their employees especially some workers who full of skills and capacities. So, the initiative of Work Life Balance has been much taken into consideration by a large number of organizations (CIPD, 2010).
This essay will attempt to argue the benefits and limitations of the Work Life Balance. To begin with, there will an introduction of the Work Life Balance relating to the definition, trend and the reasons why it is required and used by employees and organizations. Then, there will be some applications in which the WLB mainly involves and some examples of how the other companies apply WLB into practice to achieve the goals. The third part will discuss the benefits and limitations of the initiatives of Work Life Balance for both employees and organizations. Finally, a conclusion will be drawn concerning what the essay has discussed.
Main body
Work Life Balance is not a term which can be easily defined. Work-Life Balance is in fact a broader issue of how to handle with the conflicting demands consisted of two issues included by corporate profitability on the on hand and the desire of workers who are under pressure and strain on the other hand (Taylor, 2002). Noon and Blyton (2007) agree with Taylor and suggest that Work Life Balance is about individuals who being able to successfully deal with the relationships between working lives and non-working lives without pressure from both of