Work &
Life Balance
Work and Life Balance Programme
This Programme has helped us better understand exactly how our people might achieve the balance they want between their work and their life away from work. It has also provided clear direction in terms of what we need to do to help them to achieve that balance.
In this industry, where long hours are commonplace, it is inevitable that family life can be negatively impacted. Research highlights that the quality of family life impacts upon occupational performance, and we have developed a particularly detailed Programme (including our Policy, Strategy and Work/Life Guidance Booklet) for use by all of our people, in order to directly deal with this.
Indeed, core elements of our Programme were launched at a major staff and family function held in late July 2006, and we have established detailed procedures to ensure that this Programme is fully and appropriately implemented across all of our operations.
We are confident that our Work and Life Balance Programme leads the industry in this important initiative, and truly provides demonstrated benefits to our people and our company.
Our Programme has now been recognised by both the Federal and State Governments, as demonstrated via the following links;
Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner
Work and Life Balance: it's okay to talk about it
at Probuild
We are not afraid to take on these "hard issues", and to show associated industry leadership, because we understand just how important these factors are to our overall success.
Awards
2007 Winner - ACCI/BCA National Work and Family Awards "Rising Star Award"
2008 Compassionate Employer Recognition Award
