Progress since FY13
Employees see GAB as a profitable organisation with a good approach towards employee
welfare and development. They appreciate the implementation of flexible working hours
and the extension of maternity leave from two to three months. They also value GAB’s
employee training programmes and health and fitness initiatives.
New joiners in particular feel that GAB offers more benefits than other companies.
Employees agree that GAB has a good working environment, satisfactory medical coverage
and a strong focus on health and safety management.
GAB continues to engage with employees through an annual Employee Climate Survey
to improve workplace pratices. The Survey measures employees’ engagement level and
alignment to GAB’s business goals and values. Results from the survey are translated into
organisation-wide and department specific action plans.
workplace excellence
Employee focus group feedback: a successful
company that could benefit from clearer
communication and more inclusive dialogue
GAB employer profile
573
PERMANENT employees
(AS AT 30 June 2015)
BALANCED
REPRESENTATION
OF AGE GROUPS
Employee turnover
consistently below
industry norm
A new focus
Building a great place to work
In FY14, we reviewed our people strategies
to ensure the workplace practices are able
to support GAB’s business objectives.
The strategies were developed to ensure
alignment with business sustainability and
profitability. Not only did we undertake a
process to benchmark ourselves against best
practices in human resources management,
we also solicited ideas and feedback from
our own employees. This led to the creation
of GAB’s new people aspiration: “GAB – A
Great Place to Work”.
The programmes and activities resulting from
this process are focused on two key areas:
One GAB Culture and Developer of Talent.
One GAB Culture
Diverse people, one vision
Developing our ‘One GAB’ culture is a core
part of making GAB a great place to work.
The ‘One GAB’ culture strengthens our
overall sense of identity and purpose. It has
also led to many new activities that aim to
make GAB Values tangible for employees
while complementing existing development
programmes. A number of these activities
were rolled out in FY14 and FY15.
Away Days
GAB’s ‘Away Days’ initiative builds on
our commitment to support open and
objective dialogue between management
and employees. ‘Away Days’ enable each
department to meet outside the workplace
to form stronger bonds as a team, improve
ways of working and define future goals.
Heads of Department consolidate all
employee feedback to provide a clear
overview of the issues at stake.
GAB Orientation Programme
We believe in giving every new recruit the
best possible start at GAB, so in FY15
we updated the entire GAB Onboarding
Programme. The ‘Discovering GAB’
induction has now been extended to a full
day and occurs every two months instead
of every quarter or six months. All new
joiners are brought together to provide them
a platform to get to know each other and
the business.
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