Work Life Balance at the ABC
The ABC has a range of flexible policies and practices designed to help people balance their work and personal lives. Access to these types of arrangements will depend on your circumstances, including work requirements, and require the agreement of your manager.
Flexible working hours
ABC staff who are not shift workers may be able to access flexitime arrangements. This allows you to vary your start and finish times around pre-determined core hours and take flexidays when sufficient hours have been accrued.
Part time hours
A part time arrangement allows you to work less hours per day or fewer days per week, with your role designed around reduced responsibilities to match the hours worked.
Job Share
A job sharing arrangement usually involves dividing a full time role between two people to allow each of them to work part time.
Purchased additional leave
The ABC offers the purchase of additional annual leave subject to operational requirements so you can take more time off for study, travel or other personal reasons.
Study assistance
The ABC may grant study leave and financial assistance, such as contributions to course fees, to support you undertaking formal courses of study at tertiary and higher education institutions.
Working from home
Arrangements may be made for ABC employees to work from home or off-site subject to manager approval.
The ABC has arrangements with Child Care Centres in Sydney and Melbourne.
Childcare Facilities for ABC Staff
Sydney
The Inner City Child Care Centre located at the ABC Ultimo Centre has 24 reserved places for children of ABC employees.
The UTS centres located at Ultimo, Chippendale and Lindfield have 25 reserved places, across the three centres, for children of ABC employees. These centres are:
On employment at the ABC, all enquiries should be made directly with the centres.
Melbourne
Defence and ABC Child Care Centre also have places for children of ABC employees. Their contact details are phone: (03) 9282 5009, email: defchildcare@bigpond.com