A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS ON WORK LIFE BALANCE

"A time for everything: A time to relax and a time to be busy, a time to frolic and a time to labor, a time to receive and a time to give, a time to begin and a time to finish."- Jonathan Lockwood Huie The expression work-life balance (WLB) was first used in the middle of 1970s to describe the balance between an individual's work and personal life. The essentiality of embracing Work-Life Balance (WLB) strategies is indispensable for every class of employees. The increasing number of Dual Income Single Kid (DISK) couples and members from nuclear families at organizations has made WLB practices all the more necessary. There has been an increasing interest in WLB in the recent past for all professions and its significance is now focused by many organizations. The days are gone where WLB was restricted only to certain fields but now the situation has completely changed. People of all strata irrespective of their professions (employers, employees, professionals, home makers…) struggle hard to manage a good WLB. This study has analyzed various reviews on WLB for diverse professions (IT, Hotel, Hospital, Finance, Academics …) and given suggestions for a balanced life.