Practice and verification of work-life balance about between telecommuting and working at office with a child

• Main Authors: Terui, Takeshi, Terui, Mieko, Iino, Keiko, Nakamura, Yoshiko
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Center for Open Science 2020
• Subjects: National Institute of Polar Research
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/qnk32

A father working at the National Institute of Polar Research and a mother working at NTT Security Japan KK achieved work-life balance (WLB) while nursing their child with severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID). Its quantitative analysis was performed using detailed records of parents' life conditions and work records for two years to verify their WLB. The child routinely required nursing of either of his parents, who nursed while working. Nursing performed while the father worked with the child, and the mother did telework. In order to work while raising and nursing children with SMID, there was a limit to social welfare services, so an environment where various work styles were possible at work needed. Comparing the various working styles of parents and their employers, private companies outperformed national research institutions in many ways, including information systems and regulations. The WLB needed to reform the working environment to enable diverse work styles and indicated the need for work style reform as a management issue for national research institutions.