EEO Research

Every year the EEO Trust alternates the Work-Life Survey with its Diversity Survey. The Work-Life Survey explores what work-life balance means to employers and how they are encouraging it in their workplaces. 

Who can take part in the Work-Life Survey
Any New Zealand workplace can complete the Work-Life and Diversity Surveys when they are on-line, usually in May. There are different questions for large and small organisations.  Results are published anonymously and participating workplaces' information is benchmarked against the aggregated data.

2008 Work-Life Survey
More than 230 members of the EEO Employers Group completed the 2008 Work-Life Survey. They said that they invest in work-life initiatives to improve staff recruitment, retention and engagement. The EEO Trust's analysis shows that the respondents with a work-life strategy or policy have lower staff turnover.
Download the Executive Summary (Word doc 150k)
Download the full report (Word doc 1.3Mb)

2006 Work-Life Survey
Download the Work-Life Survey 2006 Executive Summary (Word doc 280k)
Download the Work-Life Survey 2006 full report (Word doc 713k)
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