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Wellbeing at work

22 November 2023

UC strives to provide a supportive working environment that maintains and promotes the health of our staff. We offer many opportunities and programmes to develop and maintain a healthy balanced life and a healthy workplace. Learn more about our wellbeing at work.

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Wellbeing is the state of complete physical, emotional, mental, and social health, not just the absence of disease or injury.  

Student Support Services provide information for students relating to Health and Wellbeing

Staff members at the University of Canterbury are responsible for taking reasonable care of their health and wellbeing at work.

The University of Canterbury supports the wellbeing of all staff as set out in the Wellbeing Implementation Plan 2020 – 2024.

Staff Benefits

The University offers more than just a job and provides a range of benefits to staff. These are further detailed on the People & Culture intranet site (staff only)

 

Support and Intervention

The University of Canterbury is accountable for providing and maintaining a safe working environment for all workers, including identifying workplace stress and fatigue sources, and taking appropriate action to manage (reduce) the risk of harm occurring.

Managers/Heads are responsible for managing work demands and stressors on staff. The People & Culture Business Partners assist and support Managers/Heads and staff experiencing work-related stress or fatigue.

Staff who need support in managing work-related or non-work-related stress are encouraged to talk to their Manager/Head, People & Culture Business Partner, doctor or use the Employee assistance programme.

Find out more about the Prevention of Stress and Workplace Fatigue

The University offers an Employee assistance programme, which offers all kaimahi (staff members ) free access to short-term intervention counselling for various personal and work-related issues.

Read the Working here - ​​​​​​​People, Culture and Development Services intranet for further information.

The University of Canterbury is committed to ensuring that staff suffering from injury or illness make an early, safe, and sustainable return to work where possible.

The Protocol: Rehabilitation sets out the commitment, processes, and responsibilities.

Any staff or manager requiring a rehabilitation plan should contact their HR Business Partner.

Occupational Health

People who spend long periods of time sitting or standing at a desk each day are prone to pain and discomfort related to poor workstation setup, poor work practices and equipment. Each member of staff at UC are responsible for ensuring that their workstation is set up properly and that they are using their workstation sensibly while taking reasonable steps to ensure their health and safety.

Ensuring your workstation is set up properly is important in preventing harm. So, whenever you change equipment, move offices, return to work from extended periods of leave or if you are a new staff member at UC the steps below should be follow: 

  1. Complete the workstation self-assessment checklist with adjustments trialled. 

  2. Complete the Safetyhub ergonomic videos

Please refer to the Workstation assessment protocol for further information. 

To request further support (staff only) please refer to Worksation Assessments (Intranet) 

Residual health risks associated with an occupation require the University to implement a health monitoring programme. The risk of exposure to occupational health hazards determines the requirement for health monitoring.

Find out more in the Health Monitoring Protocol

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