However the realities of a 24-hour work culture, compounded by the effect of technological advances such as emails and smartphones, have made it challenging for workers to strike the right balance between their professional and personal lives.

In a bid to offset this trend, a group of human resource (HR) managers and officers from the public, parastatal and private sectors yesterday participated in a workshop to learn various strategies to maintain a good work/life balance.

The one-day workshop was organised by the Ministry of Employment, Immigration and Civil Status in collaboration with The Guy Morel Institute (TGMI).

Discussions were facilitated by the director of the Enterprise Centre at TGMI, Marie-Céline Zialor, and focused on identifying work/life imbalances, the essentials of work/life balance techniques, emotional intelligence skills and self management as well as work/life balance policies and strategies.

Maryvonne Francis, the head of the productivity unit at the employment department, said that the workshop forms part of activities organised in relation to the department’s National Productivity Strategic Plan for 2017-2021.

“More than ever, the subject of work/life balance is important and we have to promote this concept in places of employment,” Ms Francis highlighted.

Complements of Seychelles NATION.