The average level of employee absence has fallen compared with last year from 7.7 days to 6.8 per employee per year, according to this year’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/Simplyhealth Absence Management survey.

While many employers take the view that they have no part to play in employees’ personal lives, new research undertaken by the relationships research charity OnePlusOne and the work-life balance charity Working Families, suggests that they should, as people’s lives at home and at work have a significant impact on each other.

Workers across the UK feel that the balance between their work and personal life has improved since 2010, according to a new Work-Life Balance Index by workspace provider Regus.

Britain’s embattled business community enters 2012 with major concerns about striking a healthy work/life balance for its workforce, according to new research from Group Risk Development (GRiD), the trade body for the group risk industry.