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Monash has best practice in Work Life programs

13 June 2007

Stephen Bevan, Director, Work Foundation (UK) presents Judith Cooke, Work Life Consultant with the Monash Best Practice ranking.

A new report has found working at Monash University allows a good work-life balance and it is getting even better.

The University has been recognised as one of the top 25 Best Practice organisations in the tenth Annual Benchmarking Awards conducted by Managing Work Life Balance International.

Monash was ranked 13th out of more than 280 organisations which participated in the benchmarking survey.

Judith Cooke, Work Life Consultant in the Equity and Diversity Centre, said she was proud Monash has been recognised again in this survey and also that we have improved from 22nd last year.

"The Monash Work Life program has been in place since 2001 and continues to be a leader for the university sector, including the Group of Eight," Ms Cooke said.

The program evolved from a Work Life Family program to meet the increased importance of workplace flexibility for staff trying to achieve a balance between work and their personal commitments.

Meanwhile Ms Cooke said Monash has already introduced a number of work friendly initiatives identified in a recent report.

It's about time: Women, men, work and family was released recently by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC).

It highlights the need to broaden the work and family debate to include the role of men in family life and recognise carer responsibilities such as elder care and care for someone with a disability, and to focus on the relationship between paid and unpaid work.

"These include the Lads and Dads program, and the 'Eldercare' and 'Caring for someone with a disability' e-kits on our website," Ms Cooke said.

We are always seeking to tailor improvements to the program in order to meet the needs of Monash staff," she said.

For more information, visit the Equity and Diversity Centre website.