Employee Health and Wellbeing
We understand people need the right balance between theirwork and personal priorities. While work plays a significant role in people’s lives, it is certainly not everything. We support our people to strike a healthy balance, because we know that better balance leads to better wellbeing and psychosocial health; and happier, healthier people are more engaged and motivated.
At Atlas Arteria we continue to work with our people to have honest conversations about the importance of mental health and wellbeing, with a focus on recognising and preventing burnout, understanding the difference between helpful and hindering thoughts, and making small changes to build health and sustainable habits.
Supporting health, safety and wellbeing
The nature of our business, and the spread of geographies and time-zones in which our people work, can make achieving a healthy balance challenging, which could pose psychosocial health risks. We know our employees highly value hybrid working to help them achieve that balance.
We have policies around flexible working arrangements, including part-time and hybrid working and parental leave opportunities, which continue to have a significant take-up rate by men and women.
We support our employees to disconnect from work-related communications outside of their working hours (including emails, phone calls, texts, social media and messaging services), recognising that normal business hours may look different given the nature of our business.
Masters of their own minds
In 2024 we engaged third-party provider, The Mind Room, to run mindfulness workshops for our people. All Corporate employees were provided the opportunity to participate in the workshop, which offered practical tips and techniques to help people improve their wellbeing and attention and to practice mindfulness and relaxation in everyday life. Essentially, helping them to be masters of their own minds. The workshop was well attended and received excellent feedback. Employees appreciated the opportunity to develop skills to help them be more adaptable and resilient in the face of life’s challenges.
In operational environments it is often not possible to offer employees flexible working arrangements, however, our businesses are still making efforts to support employees’ physical and mental health. At APRR, which employes more than 3,500 staff, the oversight and prevention of psychosocial risks is integrated into strategy at the top level of management, and psychosocial risks are assessed and recorded in the regulatory required single occupational risk assessment document (DUERP).
