Published on March 2021 | Hunman Resources Management, Management, Work-Life Balance

THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE HRM DEPARTMENT IN ENHANCING WORK-LIFE BALANCE: A CASE STUDY OF OANDO PLC (NIGERIA)

Work-life balance (WLB) is a crucial area of HRM (Human Resource Management), which has become a top priority for employees globally. Hence, this research intends to evaluate the HRM department's role in enhancing WLB while considering Oando as the case study and providing recommendations that could help the company and its workers improve WLB, leading to job satisfaction. The sample was randomly selected 50 employees representing the human resource sector of the Oando PLC. The data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Various strategies were put in place in data collection to ensure that information collected was accurate. The results revealed that most employees seem not to be satisfied with their job; thus, they cannot have a sufficient work-life balance. The majority of the employees are on high demand tasks and need to be finished with stringent deadlines. Furthermore, when these employees finish one such assignment, they must immediately move to a similarly challenging task. They are tremendously stressed in such a work atmosphere, and as a result, workers' efficiency and effectiveness drop-down at work and have a low work-life balance.