Wellbeing at Massey , Te oranga ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa

As an employee, your wellbeing is a priority at Massey. We want you and your whānau to be able to flourish as part of the university community.

Employee Assistance Programme

The Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a free, external, and confidential counselling service. It is available to all fixed term and permanent staff who are of 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) or greater and have an employment agreement of 12 months or more.

EAP can be used for work or non-work related issues. We urge you to use this service, and recommend it to your colleagues.

Find out more about the Employee Assistance Programme

Massey aims to create an environment where all staff and students are welcome and included. We run a range of initiatives to support everyone to bring their whole selves at Massey:

• Pay and Employment Equity Implementation Group – this comprises HR staff including our Director of Employment Relations, and Tertiary Education Union representation. The committee focuses on identifying issues and opportunities relating to diversity and inclusion to create equitable opportunities for all. A major focus of the committee is equitable pay for all our staff.
• The Gender Pay gap – in 2009, Massey University was the first NZ university to undertake a Pay and Employment Equity review and has published regular reviews since then.
  • The latest review was published in November 2022:
    Pay and Employment Equity Monitoring & Analysis Report 2019-2020 Update
  • Our Implementation group continues to work on the issues raised and recommendations in these reports.
• Women@Massey – a group for all staff who identify as women to join, where they can connect, share, and learn.
• Wellbeing and Inclusion Speaker Series – a monthly speaker session where experts come and speak about different areas of interest, for example, on neurodiversity, racism, gender equity, and parenting and working, accessibility and Rainbow and Takatāpui inclusion.
• Staff training – several modules supporting staff wellbeing and which focus on our ethical values are available to all staff. Our aim is to provide a supportive work environment in which all students and staff can feel safe, respected, dignified and able to flourish in work, learning and research.
• Diversity Works – we partner with Diversity Works to support us and run staff trainings. These include a module on Unconscious Bias which focuses on the value of supporting diversity and inclusion. This module forms part of the academic promotion process and is compulsory for all staff on selection committees.
• Curated Collections – eight collections of resources (articles, papers, workshops, online modules) are available on the Massey Intranet for all staff to access. Topics covered include working together, communication, organisational leadership, people management and delivering results.
• Te Ohu Oranga – our well-being community that all staff can join to connect, share, and learn together.
• Diversity and Inclusion Advisor – this position was created in 2021 to start and strengthen initiatives to increase diversity and inclusiveness for staff and students, particularly those of minority sexualities, genders, and diverse sex characteristics.