work-life balance

or work/life bal·ance

[ wurk-lahyf bal-uhns ]

noun

1. a situation in which one divides or balances one's time between work and activities outside of work:

   It's hard to achieve a reasonable work-life balance when you run your own business.

Word History and Origins

Origin of work-life balance¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Gone are the sixty-hour work weeks and rigid 9-to-5 schedules in our new normal, as realities of work-life balance — particularly when it comes to parenthood and productivity — have come swiftly into the foreground this past year.

From Digiday

They communicate with colleagues only when necessary, to suit their own work-life balance and need for flexibility.

From Digiday

As with Awin, the inspiration, he noted, was a desire for work-life balance among its workforce.

From Digiday

Specifically, leaders are shifting away from priorities like optimizing automation toward building a workplace around the strengths of human resources and a renewed emphasis on work-life balance — a growing demand of employees.

From Digiday

We have seen new multifamily developments respond to work-life balance.

From Fortune

As others have pointed out: How often do male CEOs get asked about their work-life balance?

From The Daily Beast

I think the answer, probably, in part, to the work-life-balance issue is that men must think more about it.

From The Daily Beast

Blair has spoken across the world on both issues and also on the need to improve the work/life balance for women and men.

From The Daily Beast