Health & Wellbeing

We believe that the health and wellbeing of our people is critical to maintaining our caring culture and to our continued business success. We offer generous conditions to all employees and benefits that include a fully-funded health program with gym membership, salary continuance insurance, additional weeks annual leave, and discounts to several local businesses and services. Our highly successful health and wellbeing program, Bounce, includes an optional health assessment program comprising a pre-screen questionnaire, a health screening, a medical screening and an audiometry assessment.

We also support our team’s mental health and promote positive attitudes and behaviours towards mental health at work. Each year our employees and contractors participate in an annual initiative to improve awareness around mental health. We also raise funds for local charities that provide crisis support and suicide prevention services. 

In September 2024, we shone a spotlight on mental health with our Breathe Better, Bounce Together initiative. Consisting of three key events, this initiative was developed to address mental health challenges in our workplace which were identified by data from our biennial health assessments and employee feedback. Breathe Better, Bounce Together was delivered in an innovative and engaging way through The Plunge, The Walk and The Conversation events.  

This weeklong program built on existing mental health initiatives, and introduced concepts not previously offered at NCIG to spark interest and excitement. Dynamic, hands-on experiences like guided breathwork and resilience-building workshops, including ice baths, were incorporated to generate curiosity and participation. Through this process employees were encouraged to explore new strategies for maintaining their mental health and create an environment where work colleagues were comfortable to talk and share with each other.

Collaboration with health professionals from Mental Health Movement, Lifeline Hunter, and NewPsych Psychologists helped guide the program design and improve engagement with our workforce through each of the three critical elements.  

Learn more about the program below.

Our previous health initiative, the Move For Your Mind program focused on mindfulness, physical movement and breathing practice to assist our employees in managing their stress levels. Learn more about the program below.

For more than 15 years the NCIG workforce has been participating in Bounce, a leading workplace health and wellbeing program. Developed by NCIG personnel, Bounce provides a clear health strategy and engages our people with knowledge and resources that support them to make healthy lifestyle choices.

Guided by the outcomes of an organisational health assessment conducted every two years, various initiatives such as weight loss, movement and mental health programs are offered to support the health outcomes of our employees and contractors, with voluntary workforce participation of close to 100% is regularly achieved. Bounce helps our people optimise their physical and mental health and provides an opportunity for us to optimise a healthy and safe workplace.

We’ve outlined our commitments and goals to health and wellbeing in our Management Approach to Health and Wellbeing.