Programs and activities in quality of work life

The promotion of quality of work life programs has become the way it is possible to develop and maintain motivation and commitment of workers, resulting in numerous benefits. Currently, many companies havesought to incorporate standardized programs Quality of Work Life (QWL) immediately, without strategic planning and proper investment. This causes them to obtain results contrary to those expected. Each program must have a direction, since each company has its specificity. Thus, it should be a diagnosis of problems and limitations of occupational activities, as well as the physical and human resources, it canforward the planning and execution of actions to be implemented. This study aimed to present suggestions of actions and promotional programs for QWL to be used asa model, aiming to worker health and gain business. Was conducted a bibliographic research by consulting the following databases: DEDALUS, LILACS, MEDLINE and SciELO, based on the periods of 1995-2008. It is concluded that there is much to do. Should then reduce the gap between rhetoric and practice, so that the QWL is not just another fad and will not disappear before the first difficulty to be faced.