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Article: Work-life balance.(Publisher's Note)
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- Arkansas Business
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- May 18, 2009
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FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, we have played an active role with the statewide awards event celebrating companies that are family-friendly and understand the value of helping employees balance work and life.
In a tight labor market, companies that embraced this concept won many recruiting wars. Those that continue these practices even in a recession when job candidates are plentiful will prevail in the coming years when the labor market tightens again.
Here are some of the best initiatives that we heard last week at the Governor's Work-Life Balance Awards event:
* Several companies took on initiatives to help employees who were commuting and facing ...