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Balancing Work And Life On Access Utah Wednesday

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In this age of smartphones, work doesn’t necessarily end when you leave the office. For many there is an expectation that you should be available after hours. Germany is considering legislation that would ban employers from contacting workers after office hours. Labor Minister Andrea Nahles says "there is an undeniable relationship between constant availability and the increase of mental illness."

And what about work/life balance? Entrepreneur and mother of three, Inge Geerdens, writing on LinkedIn, says “I don’t need a balance; I’m not looking for a way to balance my private life with my professional life. I’m just trying to have a great life.” What do you think? Tell us about your work and how you are balancing everything, especially with the explosion of technology.

We’ll talk about work/life balance, tethering, the relationship between workplace and family happiness, and related issues, with a panel we assembled several months ago when we discussed telecommuting: Kathy Chudoba, Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, Merideth Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Management; both from the USU Huntsman School of Business; and Jana Francis & Rett Clevenger, President & CEO, respectively, of Utah-based Steals.com

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.