57.5% of public sector respondents agreed their organisation and leaders support their psychological and physical safety. This is up from 55.9% in 2023.
Employee engagement rose to 68.6 out of 100 for public sector respondents from 67.6 out of 100 in 2023.
Work-related stress describes an employee’s stress response to work-related factors.
Most jobs involve some level of stress.
Moderate stress can improve performance and resilience. However, high levels of stress can:
A safe workplace is a key outcome of Leading the way and the Victorian public sector mental health and wellbeing charter.
The results combine agree and strongly agree answers to these statements:
The employee engagement index is a weighted score out of 100.
A high employee engagement rating indicates employees are enthusiastic, motivated by and committed to their work.
The engagement statements are:
The weightings for each engagement response are:
The index is the average of these scores.