If I could earn back time: Workers feel tech benefits
Employers have benefited from technological advances for a century. Now its employees turn.
Sat Apr 06 2024
Australia to allow workers to ignore after-hours calls from bosses
The "right to disconnect" is part of changes to industrial relations laws to protect workers' rights and help restore work-life balance.
Wed Feb 07 2024
What in the world is a micropreneur?
They employ less than five people, they want to stay small, and they're actively in favour of a healthy work-life balance.
Wed Mar 03 2021
Work-life balance: Are you ready for asynchronous working?
Breaking free from fixed, synchronous working hours can help improve work-life balance, a key value in contributing to wellbeing at work.
Thu Nov 19 2020
Logistics Doesn't Have to be 'Boring'
Datuk Michael Tio of PKT Logistics has perfected a formula to making logistics an attractive career choice, by first, keeping employees' work-life balance in check.
Wed Oct 02 2019
Logistics Doesn t Have to be Boring
The challenging nature of the logistics industry means it’s hard to attract and retain talent, especially the younger workforce. But Datuk Michael Tio of PKT Logistics has perfected a formula to making logistics an attractive career choice, by first, keeping employees' work-life balance in check.
Wed Oct 02 2019
Datin Dr. Leez Hassan: The Secret of Making Money and Being Happy
Could a women really achieve work life balance? Well, the answer is yes. Entrepreneur, author, speaker, mentor and a work-life balance advocate, Datin Dr Hasnorliza Abu Hassan speaks to AWANI Review
Sat Feb 17 2018
Work life balance is a must for a better quality life
A healthy adult has a need to work. This is part of human development.
Fri May 12 2017
French workers win 'right to disconnect'
The French measure is intended to tackle the so-called "always-on" work culture that has led to a surge in usually unpaid overtime.
Sat Dec 31 2016
Women's ministry welcomes call to reduce work hours for civil servants
A six-hour work day will be able to provide work-life balance to civil servants, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim says.
Sun Sep 04 2016
Please stop comparing moms
Dania Zainuddin gives a first hand account of the daily dilemma faced by a working mother in Malaysia.
Fri Mar 18 2016
Phua Chu Kang's Gurmit Singh back to family
The popular actor-comedian says 2015 had been a great year for him after finding a better work-life balance after more than 20 years in showbiz.
Fri Dec 25 2015
Housekeeping services a boon for busy moms in Japan
Many working women doubtless share the same predicament - under so much pressure from their jobs and raising their children, they have no time to clean the house.
Mon Dec 21 2015
Three reasons why flexible working hours would work in Malaysia
Astro AWANI's Suganthi Suparmaniam is an advocate for more flexibility at the workplace and here she explains why flexible employment arrangements can work in Malaysia.
Wed Sep 09 2015
Career Coach: Work-Life Balance? Does your company care? It should
Researchers have shown that employees continually argue that work intrudes on their personal time and has forced them to miss important life events.
Thu Sep 03 2015
ISIS Malaysia's perspective of Budget 2025
An excellent rakyat-centric budget under the overarching principle of a caring and humane economy.
Fri Oct 18 2024
Budget 2025: Record increase in STR, SARA aid initiatives
The government will provide a significant boost to the Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) and Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (SARA) initiatives next year.
Fri Oct 18 2024
Budget 2025: EPF contributions to be made mandatory for foreign workers – PM Anwar
The government plans to make it compulsory for all non-citizen workers to contribute to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).
Fri Oct 18 2024
What policies to expect from Indonesia's new President Prabowo
Prabowo will be open to foreign investment, his aide has said, such as by offering investors management of airports and sea ports.
Fri Oct 18 2024
Budget 2025: Govt allocates RM470 mil to empower women's participation in PMKS
The Women's Leadership Apprenticeship Program will be intensified as an effort to produce more female corporate personalities.
Fri Oct 18 2024
Israel sends more troops into north Gaza, deepens raid
Residents of Jabalia in northern Gaza said Israeli tanks had reached the heart of the camp, using heavy air and ground fire.
Fri Oct 18 2024
Indonesia ramps up security ahead of Prabowo's inauguration
Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in as Indonesia's president on Sunday with Vice President-elect, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, also taking office.
Fri Oct 18 2024
Immediate allocation of RM150 mil for local authorities, DID to tackle flash floods
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this allocation is intended to address the recent flash floods that hit the capital and several major towns.
Fri Oct 18 2024
Budget 2025: Sabah, Sarawak to continue receiving among highest allocations - PM
Sabah and Sarawak continues to be prioritised under Budget 2025, with allocations of RM6.7 billion and RM5.9 billion respectively.
Fri Oct 18 2024
NFOF will be operational in November 2024 with funding of RM1 bil
PM Anwar Ibrahim said NFOF will support venture capital fund managers to invest in startup companies with RM300 million set aside for 2025.
Fri Oct 18 2024