Family Friendly Work Policies

Family Friendly Work Policies

* Family Helps Work: talking with someone at home helps you deal with problems at work, and your home life helps you relax and feel ready for the next day's work.

* Work Helps Family: the things you do at work help you with deal with personal and practical issues at home, and they make you a more interesting person at home.

* Work Conflicts with Family: you miss an important family event because of having to work late, and job worries distract you when you're at home.

* Family Conflicts with Work: stress at home makes you irritable at work, and responsibilities at home reduce the effort you can devote to your job.

Grzywacz said he was not surprised by the findings that depression, problem drinking and anxiety were lowest when families helped work and didn't conflict with work - combinations that benefit work more than family.

"That makes sense because we're a work-oriented country - the results resonate with the importance of work in most adults' lives. People perceive that family benefits their work more than work benefits their family,"