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hospital's Smoking Advice Service for those who want to manage their
smoking while at work, or those who want to quit long-term. The
service can be contacted through the Preventative Medicine and
Health Promotion Department on extension 4958.
Work/Life Balance
The Hospital recognises the importance of a healthy work/life
balance for its Employees and has therefore introduced a number of
policies and procedures, including extended working arrangements,
rosters and rotas that can aid Employees in achieving this balance
through various forms of flexible working arrangements. At the centre
of this balance is the short, medium and long-term focus on a
balance between providing a service now and taking care of our
human resources to ensure that we can continue to deliver the
service in the future. A brief summary of these policies is set out below.
Flexible leave arrangements: These policies aim to facilitate equality
of opportunity for men and women in the workplace. Arrangements
for work/life balance include statutory entitlements and non-statutory
arrangements. Statutory entitlements include annual leave,
maternity, adoptive, force majeure, parental and carer's leave. Nonstatutory
arrangements may be granted at the discretion of the
Hospital, such as paternity leave, compassionate leave, career break,
short-term leave of absence (unpaid leave), marriage leave and
exam or study leave. Leave policies are explained further in Section 8
of this Handbook.
Flexible hours arrangements: Flexible hours arrangements and
reduced working hours are other non-statutory arrangements, which
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