IMPACT OF WORK LIFE BALANCE ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE WITH REFERENCE TO APPAREL COMPANY INSRI LANKA

Work Life Balance (WLB) is such change introduced in the organizations. As a significant contribution to an organization success, flexible working arrangement (FWA), employee assistance programs (EAP) and Leave of WLBPs have emerged as significant antecedents of employee performance. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of work life balance on employee performance with reference to Apparel Company in Sri Lanka.A survey was carried out among executive and non - executive employees who are work in Selected Apparel Company in Sri Lanka. Selected 351 executive and non – executive employees who are working in MAS Active Trading Linea Intimo (pvt) Ltd – Biyagama BOI zone. The findings indicated that the flexible working arrangement, employee assistance programs and leave are in high level in MAS Active Trading Linea Intimo (pvt) Ltd. And also the results showed that leave have strong positive relationship with employee performance while flexible working arrangement and employee assistance programs have moderate positive significant relationship with employee performance. Altogether work life balance strong positively influence on employee performance.

"Are we doing enough": An evaluation of the utilization of employee assistance programs to support the mental health needs of employees during the COVID-19 pandemic

The purpose of this study was to examine EAP utilization as a result of the pandemic. Specifically, it looked at whether the EAP utilization has increased in a post-pandemic environment, whether demographic factors age, gender, or race/ethnicity influence EAP utilization, and how employers promote EAP benefits to support employee mental health needs during the pandemic.