“…Besides this, balancing talented employees' work time and tasks can allow them to spend more time with their families and friends (Ehido, Awang, Halim, & Ibeabuchi, 2020). On the other hand, workloads and extended working hours will cause stress and mental stress, which tend to impact talent's work performance and retention (Shahani, Nawaz, & Tahir, 2020). According to Kamalaveni et al (2019), the HRD of SMEs can use some talent retention strategies that help to improve the work-life balance between their personal and work lives, which include the following:…”