At the College we understand it is important to create a positive and rewarding work environment for our teams so that they can grow and succeed. We value your contribution and to show our appreciation, we have put together a range of employee benefits for you and your family to access.
Every Christmas and New Year the College provides all fixed term and continuing staff with three paid College days to enable everyone to have a continuous break throughout this period. From 25 December to 2 January every year, all eligible staff will be able to enjoy time with their family and friends without having to attend work.
The College offers a generous 16 weeks of paid parental leave on full pay for all eligible employees. All eligible employees may take a total of 64 weeks leave (including both paid and unpaid portions) to care for their new child.
The Federal Government Paid Parental Leave scheme (18 weeks) is also available to all eligible employees in addition to the College parental leave scheme.
Want to plan a European holiday but don’t have enough annual leave?
The College provides eligible employees with the ability to purchase up to 4 weeks of additional annual leave every year. The cost of your purchased leave is spread out evenly over the 52 weeks of the year to ensure you don’t go without pay on your holiday.
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At the College, we understand how important it is to plan for your retirement, even when you are just starting out in your career, which is why we have elected to make employer paid superannuation contributions of 12% which is an additional 1.5% above the legislated superannuation guaranteed rate!
You have the option to select the College’s default superfund – Legal Super or you can elect to have your superannuation payments paid into a fund of your choice.
Legal Super is one of the top rated industry funds in the country and includes a range of investment and insurance options.
We want to recognise our staff for the contributions they make to the College each year, therefore all eligible employees are able to participate in the College of Law Bonus Share Pool. If the College ends the year in a positive financial position, then we all benefit!
What is salary packaging?
Salary packaging is an easy and convenient way to use some of your salary to pay for everyday expenses (such as rent, mortgage, car payments etc) before income tax is calculated, meaning you pay less tax and have more money to spend.
What can I salary package?
Some examples are listed below:
1. Novated Vehicle Lease
A novated lease allows you to purchase a new or used car and pay all of the running costs (fuel, maintenance, insurance) with your pre-tax salary. It’s a great way to drive the car you want and make your money go further.
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You can salary package up to $15,900 to pay your rent/mortgage/credit card expenses etc from your pre tax salary, leaving more money left over for you.
By salary packaging additional superannuation contributions into your Super Fund you could increase the net amount going into your super fund compared to contributing from after tax dollars.
How do I start salary packaging?
For more information, please contact Smart Salary on 1300 476 278 or at www.smartsalary.com.au
All College employees have access to corporate rates for health insurance with BUPA.
For more information see www.bupa.com.au or call Bupa on 134 135 and quote reference number: 2096855
We know there are some additional costs associated with working from home which is why the College has elected to provide team members who work from home two days per week with a $30 per month IT allowance to help pay for some of those costs.
Workplace giving is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative which allows employees to donate to causes that matters to them, using pre-tax dollars.
How does it work?
Simply click on the link to registerwww.corporatecitizen.com.au
• Pick your cause type
• Pick your charity
• Enter your details
It’s as simple as that. Once you have registered the rest will be managed between Corporate Citizen and the College of Law payroll.
At the College of Law, we recognise the increasing importance of flexible working arrangements in maintaining a diverse and adaptable workforce. We are committed to ensuring that our people can effectively manage their work-life commitments and family responsibilities and have adopted a provisional 60/40 hybrid working arrangement whereby you work from the office three days of the week and at home for two.
Our current 60/40 work arrangement enables us to preserve what we value and love about the College – collaborating, growing, innovating and delivering on our vision to be the leading provider of innovative, practice focused and flexible education and training in the legal services industry, whilst ensuring that our people enjoy a healthy work/life balance.
As outlined in our Enterprise Agreement, College staff may also apply for alternate flexible work arrangements in line with their individual circumstances.
We know that life isn’t always a perfect journey and that we can all benefit from some additional support at different times in our lives. That’s why the College has partnered with Benestar to provide all our Australian and New Zealand team members and their immediate family with access to our Employee Assistance Program – free, confidential counselling and coaching as well as a range of additional services via the Benehub portal.
The portal lets you proactively manage your own health and wellbeing to become “your best you”. It’s available 24x7, is easy to navigate and hosts a range of health and wellbeing resources on everything from mental health or relationship challenges, exercise, sleep & nutrition, money matters & budgeting to retirement planning and family matters such as parenting and elder care.
We care about your health and are keen to assist you avoid the flu by reimbursing you for the cost of your annual flu injection.
Note – Reimbursement is for the vaccination only and not for the visit to the doctor which some clinics may charge you for.
NSW only – A nurse will visit our city office to administer flu injections.
We understand how important it can be to have someone to reach out to if you, or someone you care about is experiencing a mental health problem or emotional stress. That’s why we have appointed Mental Health First Aiders in each of our locations – whilst they are not therapists, they can provide you with some initial support and connect you to appropriate professional health and other supports.
Eligible employees can apply for the College’s educational assistance program when they wish to pursue post graduate studies. Applications will be considered on a case-bycase basis, having regard to the relevance of the course/ qualification for the individual and the College, as well as the cost and time required to undertake the study.
Subject to the overall funding limit at the time, you can apply for assistance with the following:
• HECS – payment of upfront HECS fees
• Post Graduate fees
• Administration feed
• Reasonable residential costs for workshops
Talk to your Manager and HR for further information.
