RESUMEN Los cambios economicos y sociales que se viven actualmente, demandan nuevas formas de vivir los ambitos laborales y familiares. El presente estudio indaga acerca de la relacion entre los componentes del modelo EFR® y practicas de conciliacion T-F implementadas por las empresas colombianas y los problemas mas relevantes que ellas enfrentan. Es una investigacion exploratoria y descriptiva, que utilizo el levantamiento de datos del IFREI 2007 y que aglutina 102 empresas de diversos sectores. Los resultados demuestran congruencia con la literatura internacional en la correlacion entre la presencia de parametros de conciliacion T-F y la menor presencia de problemas. Palabras clave: trabajo, familia, politicas de conciliacion, recursos humanos, Colombia. Work-Family Balance in Colombian companies: Relationship between FR components and the most prominent work problems ABSTRACT The characteristics of today’s economy with the related social changes have led to demand new forms of experiencing the work and family realms. This study investigates the relationship between EFR® Model components in Colombian businesses and the most prominent work problems that they face. It is a descriptive and exploratory research that uses the survey data from IFREI 2007 that encompasses 102 companies of different sectors. The results show consistency with the international literature on the correlation between the presence of work-family balance parameters and the smaller presence of work problems. Keywords: work, work and family balance, policy, commitment, human resources management, Colombia.