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WorldatWork Total Rewards conference 2008

At this years WorldatWork Total Rewards conference 2008 held in Philadelphia USA, Shelley M. Mac Dermid Ph.D, Professor and Director Centre for Families at Purdue University announced the winners of the Latest and Best Work Life Research. The following winning articles highlight 4 of the key work life family global trends.

1. Trend - Sleep deprivation and work are linked
   Finding - when work and home interference was greater, workers reported more fatigue and sleep complaints. Workers who have opportunities to recover from work demands were less likely to report fatigue or sleep complaints

2. Trend - Women are more likely than men to restrict their work effort because of family responsibilities
   Finding - women but not men made more job trade offs like refusing to travel, limiting their hours when their spouses worked more or when they had more children.

3. Trend - Time pressure has significantly increased in recent decades for men and woman
   Finding - Women felt more rushed when they were married and had children, but this was not true for men. Each additional hour of paid work increased the odds of feeling rushed.

4. Trend - Men and women who take on caregiving responsibility for elders experience increases in negative emotions.
   Finding - woman expressed increased distress but their distress did not lesson when they moved out of caregiving roles, conversely men experienced a sense of personal mastery and increased personal growth when they took on caregiving responsibility, with little change when exiting the role.

Did you know WorkLife Essentials® offers articles and insight into helping you and your family with each of these topics? Use the Search function in WorkLife Essentials® to find information under various categories such as sleep deprivation, time management, elder care or check out the following articles.

Getting a Good Night's Sleep
Setting Boundaries When you Work From Home
Business Travel and Your Family
Time Management Tips for Working Parents
Making a Home Safe for an Older Adult

Your time and effort can be further reduced by exploring the Child Care, School Aged Care and Elder Care Locator in WorkLife Essentials®. Our Locator is available in numerous countries.

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2008: Celebrating 25 years of growth and innovation

IPS Worldwide® has grown over the years. This 25-year history is just one marker of our progression and growth to the innovative people solutions partner we are to businesses today. Other noteworthy milestones this year include:

• 15 years as a private company.
• 10 years as a quality endorsed company (ISO9001:2000)

IPS continues to invest in technology and services that enrich our position as a leader in the fields of work-life and EAP services. Today, we help make the workplace more efficient, healthy and fulfilling for hundreds of employers and millions of employees around the world.We serve customers in more than 90 countries and help make a difference in the lives of working people and their families. In 2008, we're celebrating the history that has made these successes possible.

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Upcoming Events:
Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of National Work and Family Month this October.

National Work & Family Month encourages Workplaces to celebrate the progress already made towards establishing a successful work life culture. This month also promotes new and exciting initiatives aimed at furthering work life awareness among individuals and businesses.

What is WorkLife Essential® doing? Our promotional calendar in October features articles for all stages of your work life including Gen X, Gen Y, single parenting and mature age workers.

Ask your company what they are doing to celebrate National Work and Family Month this October. Ideas include organising a guest speaker on work and family, requesting testimonials from employees to be posted on the company intranet on tips for successfully managing work and family or downloading articles from WorkLife Essentials® to talk about during Brown Bag lunches.

Contact IPS Worldwide www.eap.com.au for ideas on how we can assist.