Work Life Balance Issues of Women Employees: A Study in Bangalore City of Karnataka

Traditionally, the role of women involved cooking, cleaning, raising children, But, today's women have changed and have made their mark in every field. The proportion of women in work place is increasing, and it is a major challenge for them to balance the competing demands of work and family. So, a big question arising now-a-days for women employees is how they balance their work with life at home. Based on the current issue of the work-life balance (WLB) of the women employees, the present topic “Work - Life Balance Issues of Women Employees: A study in Bangalore city of Karnataka” is undertaken.

The review of the literature gives an idea about the policies adopted in different companies sectors. The present study includes a study of policies followed by various sectors for maintaining WLB of women employees. Bangalore is one of the cosmopolitan cities that has a number of employees working in different sectors. Therefore, a sample of 340 women employees working at Bangalore in different sectors like education, banking, information technology, Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO), insurance, marketing and medical were taken as a part of the study.