Women play an important role in Tasmania’s economy. The need for business to attract and retain skilled women is vital to Tasmania’s economic productivity. An important key to retaining skilled employees is the extent to which businesses can provide flexibility in employment and family friendly workplaces. This means workplaces which enable employees to balance paid employment with caring for children and other family members.  Employees are increasingly looking for companies that will be supportive of their need for a healthy work-life balance.

Flexible work practices

Flexible work practices enable employees and employers to better manage the work/life balance. This guide is intended to assist organisations and employees who wish to implement such work practices.

Flexible work practices can be broad ranging and as creative as management and employee negotiations allow. What may suit one employee or organisation, may not suit another.

This guide lists a range of practical and flexible work options, along with the benefits of those options to both employees and employers. It includes ‘things to work through’ for the employer and employee, when considering flexible work practices.

 Flexible Workplaces: Practical Flexible Work Practices to Achieve a Work and Life Balance   (PDF, 497KB)

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Employer of Choice Awards

The Tasmanian Government is investing in the economic future of Tasmania by assisting employers succeed in attracting and retaining skilled workers to support the growth and sustainability of their business.

The Employer of Choice Awards celebrate and reward workplaces that adopt modern work practices and promote a work-life balance as part of a strategy to attract and retain skilled workers.

Diversity at Work Awards

Diversity@work's activities are founded on the passionate conviction that every competitive advantage begins with people; that individual differences create opportunities to build great work places, strong organisations and a better world.

Diversity@work is a social enterprise providing services that make organisations stronger through diversity and inclusion.

The Diversity@work Awards recognise and reward the efforts of individuals, teams and organisations that are working to encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Further information

• Work Standards Tasmania is responsible for administering much of the legislation that regulates business in Tasmania

• Tasmanian Anti Discrimination Commission

  Workplace Authority – Provides information about wages and conditions

• Child Care Unit, Department of Education - Find out what the Child Care Unit does and its involvement with child care services in Tasmania

  Department of Employment and Workplace Relations – Work and Family section - provides information and advice to employers and employees on improving the balance between work and family life, with a focus on flexible working arrangements. Includes fact sheets on:
  
• Why Family Friendly Policies are Good for Business
• Why Flexible Work Arrangements are Good for business
• Developing a Work and Family Policy in Your Workplace
• Evaluating Work and Family Strategies in Your Workplace

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• Information Service Women Tasmania: 1800 001 377