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work-life balance

Or work/life bal·ance

[wurk-lahyf bal-uhns]

noun

  1. a situation in which one divides or balances one's time between work and activities outside of work.

    It's hard to achieve a reasonable work-life balance when you run your own business.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of work-life balance1

First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

But he says he has seen other experienced staff members leaving to find a better work-life balance, or higher-salaried jobs, in recent years.

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"When you're young and fresh that's OK. But when you're having to make the choice between that work-life balance, I think that's when people look at teaching and go: 'I can't sustain or justify this.'"

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More than 100 Swissport workers are locked in a dispute about rotas and work-life balance, according to Unite.

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Many of the pointed questions that Cruz Guerrero sought answers to in the text revolved around fatherhood, namely the elusive notion of work-life balance.

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She claims that work-life balance is an employee's problem and employers have no responsibility for how employees manage their life obligations outside of work.

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