Work-life balance in spanish companies. Mith or reality?

Abstract

This paper shows Spanish companies’ position about work-life balance, considering two industries: food&drinks and information technology. The offer of work-life benefits is not very extended, and its use by workers is still lower. The positive and negative consequences of the benefits and the existence of institutional pressures over employers to achieve work-life balance are also considered. The sector the organization is in results relevant, and IT companies are more involved with work-life balance