Several Australian universities are giving staff up to a week's additional paid leave to help them 'recharge' during the pandemic. One human resources expert says it's not altruistic, it's a smart investment.
It also has two "recharge weeks" scheduled, where staff are asked to reduce meetings and emails as much as possible "as a way of providing some breathing space".At the University of Adelaide workers collectively purchased an additional two weeks leave to be taken by all staff during the shutdown period.
University of Melbourne has also given staff an extra five days of "recharge leave" to help "ease the pressure" of the pandemic. "Especially with this latest lockdown, we want to make sure that we could do something to ease the burden on [staff] somewhat," Vice Chancellor Duncan Maskell told ABC Radio Melbourne.Some private companies and not-for-profits have also given staff extra leave during the last 18 months."It is still a minority of organisations who are creating a specific category of leave on top of annual leave," he said.
"Once a few organisations do it I think it will add pressure for other organisations to follow suit."
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