DID ANNUAL REPORT 2023_24

Annual Report 2023-2024

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2. Does the Department have a dedicated unit, or has it designated specific staff members to promote the health and well-being of your employees? If so, indicate the number of employees who are involved in this task and the annual budget that is available for this purpose. √ 3. Has the Department introduced an Employee Assistance or Health Promotion Programme for your employees? If so, indicate the key elements/services of this Programme. √

The Department has Employee Health and Wellness Programme Unit at Head Office and in all regional offices. The unit has nine personnel servicing the EHWP sub directorate, four of these are based in regional offices. The budget allocated for compensation of Head Office staff for the 2023/2024 FY is R2,762,000.00 with an expenditure of R 2,456,783.22 that is 88.9% as at 29 February 2024. The Employee Assistance is implemented through the wellness Management pillar as guided by the DPSA EHW Strategic Framework The Department offers a workplace Employee Assistant program that is, effective with a utilisation rate of 10.3% The Department has contracted with Life Health Solutions to provide counselling services to employees and their dependants. The Department health and productivity management policy are in place and caters for the following: • Support for short/ long-term ill health, incapacity management and ill health retirement. • Awareness and promotion of mental health and resilience building • Routine onsite health checks and screening services for chronic and lifestyle diseases • Management of non-Communicable & Communicable Diseases. The services for Wellness Management include: • Promotion of individual physical wellness • Provision of individual Psycho-Social Support • Provision of Organisational wellness • Provision of work life balance interventions • Advisory services on life issues The health and productivity services include: • Provision of work reintegration support to employees who are returning from long sick absences. • Provision of support to employees who are undergoing incapacity and ill health Retirement processes. • mental health and resilience building • Management of non-Communicable & Communicable Diseases.

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DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT