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Building relations with employees and analysing their performance may result in the development of work-life programmes. As shown by the survey, the definite majority of the interviewed employers believe that each employee is personally responsible for keeping their work and personal lives in balance. Accordingly, the investigated firms practically have no knowledge of what their employees expect and need in this area. They mostly offer their employees holidays in the requested periods and sporadic days of absence, so that the employees can take care of their personal matters. Based on the survey’s results, the actions taken by the Lodz region employers to help their workers reconcile careers and family life cannot be positively evaluated.