Community, DEI and wellness

QIC’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Wellness working group is a strong representation of the workforce and our employee networks. The working group shapes focus, achieves strategic outcomes, provides real feedback, and ensure that QIC’s pursuit of a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce is embraced and sustained. Some key achievements of the working group are: 

• A refreshed and inclusive Leave Standard
• Launch of QIC’s disability network, Q-Ability
• Establishment of QIC’s Mental Heath First Aid officer network and DFV Purple Ribbon advocates.

The Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) working group is comprised of subject-matter-experts and representatives from all teams at QIC, dedicating their time to help us achieve reconciliation through our RAP initiatives by:

• Highlighting and celebrating Indigenous days of significance
• Creating immersive and educational opportunities for employees
• Procurement of Indigenous services and goods
• Creating Indigenous employment opportunities within teams
• Community engagement and external partnerships with local Indigenous groups and organisations
• Creating a culturally safe and respectful workplace
• Development and implementation of new RAPs
• Creating the path of QICs Reconciliation journey. 

Our Balance Network focuses on achieving gender equality and work life balance across QIC by:

• Highlighting and celebrating days of significance
• Fostering an inclusive culture
• Introducing flexible working policies and support systems
• Building a pipeline of future female leaders
• Creating stronger external networks
• Encouraging and fostering personal and professional growth for all of our employees.

We have made progress on achieving a gender-balanced organisation, with 49% of our colleagues identifying as female and 51% as male.

QPride brings together employees who are allies of, or who identify as members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and all other gender and sexual diversities (LGBTQ+) community.

QPride has continued to focus on strategic deliverables and initiatives to increase awareness and educate our people including:

• Targeted campaigns around LGBTQ+ days of significance
• Proactively making changes to QIC policies to raise the standard of support, inclusivity and protection for LGBTQ+ colleagues, their families and allies
• Facilitation of LGBTQ+ training opportunities for employees
• Specific work around gender neutral bathroom facilities for our offices. 

QPride continues to support the great work of the QIC Diversity, Inclusion & Wellness working group, who are responsible for shaping QIC’s LGBTQ+ agenda and driving the network’s activities through decision making and referrals to other committees within QIC.

QIC was recognised as a Bronze Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) for 2023-26, recognising our continued efforts to create a workplace that embraces each person’s unique self, ensuring all our people feel valued and that they belong.

Q-Ability is QIC’s employee-led Disability Employee Network (DEN), with a mission to create a disability confident workforce, and a space that is accessible for all.

QIC is also a proud member of the Australian Network on Disability.

The Young Professionals (YPs) Network provides opportunities for network building and professional development.

QIC has 374 young professionals across our offices globally (as at 30 June 2023), equating to approximately 40.2% of QIC’s team members.

At QIC we believe that helping our communities creates a better world for all of us. Looking out for one another is core to who we are.

QIC is dedicated to creating a high-performance culture across our business. In order to achieve peak performance, our people need to be at their best. Our health and wellness programs are designed to provide a platform of health and wellbeing options to help our people to perform at their best at work and at home.

QIC's health and wellbeing initiatives are not just about physical activity; they also include educational and emotional components. QIC takes a holistic approach to health and wellbeing with a comprehensive offering that that covers mind, body, family, finance and community.