1. Work-life balance is all about making sure the demands of work don't dominate. It is a way of adjusting working patterns so the job gets done, but workers still have time for other interests.
It's about everyone having a chance for a social life and relationships.
Everyone has outside interests and ambitions - whether playing sport, studying or just reading a novel. Work can cause these to be neglected.
2. Part-time work and time off in lieu are some of the obvious solutions to reducing the impact of work. But there are more options for creatively different working arrangements than you can shake a timesheet at. People do job shares, work staggered hours, work term-time only, operate formal flexitime, work compressed hours - working a total number of agreed hours over a shorter number of working days - swap shifts and work from flexible locations. With co-operation, all things are possible. Will you still end up working every Friday night for 10 years because that's when young people need you? Probably.
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