Staff of The Benevolent Society enjoy many benefits including:
Work/life balance
We recognise that it can be difficult to strike the right balance between work and personal life, and respect that family life is vital to most people’s health and happiness. We support and promote a healthy work/life balance with many positions at TBS offering flexible hours, part-time work, job sharing, paid parental leave, family/carer’s leave and other flexible working arrangements.
Staff development
We encourage employees to further their professional growth and development, recognising that such development is important to job satisfaction and to the achievement of the organisation’s objective to provide innovative, leading edge services. Our employees can access a broad range of learning and development activities, including sharing knowledge within the organisation and expert external training.
Commitment to health and safety
We value all our employees, visitors, suppliers, contractors and subcontractors and others associated with our organisation, so we aim for the highest possible standard in occupational health and safety. We recognise that creating a safe and healthy workplace is everyone’s responsibility. The Society Safety motto is 'Work safe - be safe - stay safe' and all are encouraged to actively contribute to safety awareness.
Our successes:
- In 2005 the Society received the prestigious NSCA Telstra Award of Excellence in the category for the Best communication of a safety message to employees
- In 2006 we were finalists in the ACS NSW & ACT in the Team category – Community Care.
Tax savings
As a not-for-profit organisation, we are recognised by the ATO as a “Public Benevolent Institution” and as such we are afforded concessional Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) treatment. This means that our eligible employees are able to take advantage of Salary Packaging to receive up to $16,050 of their salary tax-free.