DHA Annual Report 2012

Defence Housing Australia

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People and corporate

Objective

Key performance indicator 
2011–12 target 2011–12 achievement
Retention of staff 85% 81.5%
Current employees with DHA tenure > 2 years >70% 92%
Work Health and Safety incident rate
(per 100 employees)1
<2.0 0.32
Salaries spent on training DHA staff >1.00% 2.1%
1  Incidents resulting in time off work

Major outcomes

  1. Delivered on the DHA Human Resource Strategic Plan, with a focus on negotiating a new Enterprise Agreement and continuing the emphasis on staff development.
  2. Negotiated the new Enterprise Agreement 2012–2014 that was accepted by a significant majority of staff.
  3. Delivered the Corporate Learning and Development Plan including nationally accredited training at the Certificate IV and Diploma level, a personal resilience program and national training solutions targeting identified administrative and operational issues.
  4. Implemented a Work Health and Safety corporate governance structure to facilitate a positive and cooperative environment in DHA and the development and implementation of measures to ensure the workers’ health and safety.
  5. Brought payroll disbursement functions in-house resulting in greater efficiencies and cost savings.
People and corporate