Purpose: Human resources has played a central role in the evaluation of Work Life Balance (WLB) from a personal preference to a strategic imperative. H R Professionals constantly designing suitable policies that create a conducive environment for employees to balance work and personal lives (Perreaust & Power, 2023; Peter and Kavitha 2020). The term Work Life Balance is used to describe the balance between an individual professional and personal work. The term Work Life Balance was first used in the late 1970's to describe the balance between individuals work and personal life (Avneet Kaur, 2019). The main intention of the research paper is to know how far the study is conducted to explore the factors driving Work Life Balance and factors behind work life imbalance.

Design of the Study: A previously known questionnaire was administered among employees working in different organisation for the purpose of data collection on demographics, factors affecting Work Life Balanceand factors behind work life imbalance. Respondents private B schools, private Banks in Yelahanka area and industrial workers in Peenya Industrial Area I & II of Bengaluru were covered. A total of 110 filled questionnaire were in the hand 10 incomplete were rejected forming a success rate of 91%. Chi-square, contingency co-efficient, ANOVA and weighted Arithmetic Mean statistical tools were performed.

Findings: The study found that all demographics are significantly varying with high degree. Further, the study found factors driving Work Life Balance which includes in the order, job insecurity, lower salary and high work expectations. Factors behind work life imbalance were, behavioural and emotional problems like anxiety, depression, worsening physical and mental health, imbalance is inversely related to productivity and attrition rate and higher absenteeism.