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Safety, Health and Injury Management and Wellbeing
 
 

Safety, Health and Injury Management and Wellbeing

Life balance

Our role is to develop and assist in the implementation of the UWA safety, health and wellbeing programs in order to minimise the risk of injury, illness and property damage.

We provide consultancy and other services to promote best practice and legislative compliance in all University and related activities.

Further information

Balance refers to being in control and feeling comfortable with your choices.

Most people have many things in their life they are trying to juggle such as career, relationships, health, leisure, friends and family. It is important to find a balance between all these things.

This means:

  • meeting basic needs such as food and housing
  • making time for exercise and maintaining a healthy diet
  • making time for relationships, family and friends
  • keeping up the things you enjoy (reading, movies, sport)
  • managing anxiety and stress.

In the workplace, life balance is about employees having flexible enough work arrangements to enable them to both participate in the workforce and fulfil their family and lifestyle commitments and desires.

(WA Department of Consumer and Employment Protection 2006).

University initiatives

The University has a number of initiatives in place to encourage staff to lead a balanced life. These include:

  • Job sharing
    Job sharing is a system of work where two people take the responsibility for one full-time position, dividing work, pay, holidays and other benefits between them according to the time they work. It plays an important role in ensuring the University's employment practices are flexible and family-friendly.
  • Annual leave
    University employees are entitled to, and encouraged to take, annual recreation leave, to assist them in achieving life balance.
  • Parental leave
    The University offers generous leave provisions and other entitlements for staff who are, who are about to become, or are planning to become, parents.
  • Staff development
    The University is committed to optimising opportunities for all staff to improve their levels of skills and knowledge to improve the quality of workplace productivity and staff satisfaction. Individual staff members are encouraged to seek appropriate developmental opportunities both within the University and externally.
  • Equity and diversity
    Equity and Diversity Services promotes and supports UWA's vision to provide an inclusive environment for all staff, students and the broader community. It aims to create an environment which celebrates diversity and is free from all forms of discrimination and harassment.
  • Equal opportunity
    The University has numerous policies and procedures in place to promote equal opportunity for employees and to ensure its structures are free from direct or indirect discrimination on the grounds of sex, marital status or pregnancy, race, age, sexual orientation, gender history, religious or political beliefs, impairment, family responsibility or family status.
 

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