Özet:

One of the important steps of work work to improve the quality of work life is practices aimed at shortening daily working hours. During the first years of the industrial revolution, working hours, which varied from 14 to 18 hours a day, were shortened in seven days of the week, first for women and children, and then for groups in need of protection, in all areas of the working life. Added weekly holidays, annual holidays, national and religious holidays, the time that employees will spend on their social and cultural developments has increased, and has had significant effects on the establishment of a work-life balance. On the other hand, the introduction to the application of atypical flexible working forms, such as short-term work, part-time work, call-to-work, has also improved the quality of work of dependent workers in the industry and service sector. But urbanization, the increase in the population intensity of cities, the areas of goods and services production in the settlement plans of cities (industrial areas, health facilities, educational institutions, shopping centers, etc.) It has led to the creation of residential areas in different areas. Especially in the suburban type urbanization, this differentiation has become more evident and the distance between the workplace and the house has increased. People have been forced to spend longer time between home and work, and the free time gained by the shortening of their working hours has begun to be spent on the road. When employees spend on going to work and returning, they create fatigue and stress in people before they begin to work, which has a negative impact on the work-life balance. Especially due to the decrease in work attention, increased insensitivity towards work health and safety measures, the negative effects on the quality of work life, such as tensions in relationships with colleagues, are observed. The presence of flexible work practices in the workplace and rewarding successful employees (material or spiritual) are effective in improving the quality of work life.