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Unilever’s approach of

Work-Life Balance

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Content

1. Facts of Unilever

2. Role of people at Unilever

3. Problems with the Work-Life Balance approach

4. Understanding of Work-Life Balance

5. New policy

6. Business benefits

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The Unilever Brand Wagon

400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and foods products

160 million times a day, in 170 countries, people use Unilever products at key moments of their day

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Unilever at a Glar

Strategy to succeed:

Winning with Brands and Innovation Winning in the Market Place Winning through Continuous Improvement Winning with People

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Problems with the Work-Life Balance approach (2003)

Work-Life Balance initiatives for many years

Targets: Fulfill requests and desires of employees Innovative working conditions Higher employee satisfaction

Problem: Initiatives did not reach all employees Employees did not access offerings

Promotion and communication

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Understandig of WLB

“Juggling the demands of life outside work and career ambitions”

WLB as an important issue Help by solving the problem

Shared responsibility of employer and employee Programmes for all employees

Harmony of company’s requirements and employee’s demand

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New policy

Flexible working options

Part-time working Home working Job shares Flexible hours

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New Policy

Leave options Maternity, paternity and adoptive leave policies Career break scheme

Employer support Childcare support On-site gyms Occupational health and dental services

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Business Benefits 90% return from maternity leave

Retaining female employees Retaining managers working part-time

Reduced absenteeism Employees can control working hours Particular evident in manufacturing sites

Increased productivity Managers working part-time rate the performance of

part-time working staff Higher commitment, delivering results of flexi-time

workers

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Business Benefits

Higher Employee satisfaction “can do” attitude:

support from managers and Team members

Employer satisfaction

Employee satisfaction

Business benefits

Customer satisfaction

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Unilever: an “employer of choice”

Best employer South Africa 2010/2011

Britain’s top 100 employers recruiting graduates 2010/2011

FORTUNE "50 Most Powerful Women in Business"

FORTUNE “100 Most Desirable MBA Employers”

NATIONAL BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH “Best Employers for a Healthy Lifestyle Award”

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