Health and wellbeing

Wellbeing programs

In 2024–25, the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) continued to deliver health and wellbeing programs as part of our vision for enriching our people's wellbeing.

TMR's wellbeing program focuses on the individual wellbeing of its employees, providing the tools and resources to robustly manage their own wellbeing and overcome challenges. It is actively supported through ongoing communication from the Director-General and TMR's Executive Champion for Health and Wellbeing.

The TMR Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2022–2024 has concluded successfully with:

• improved engagement with Health and Wellbeing emails from 58 per cent in June 2022 to 72 per cent in October 2024
• Working for Queensland survey results, when compared to 2022 results, demonstrated a:
  • 2 per cent increase in Wellbeing Index
  • 2 per cent increase in confidence discussing wellbeing with my manager
  • 3 per cent increase in 'I have the flexibility to manage work and non-work interests'.

During 2024–25, TMR employees participated in wellbeing initiatives throughout the year, these include:

• 10,000 Step Challenge, 'Steptember', which involved fundraising for cerebral palsy
• Push Up Challenge that spreads awareness of the mental health benefits of exercise and represents the lives lost to suicide
• Men's and Women's health week campaigns throughout the year.

The Queensland Government Lifeblood Challenge remains a highlight of TMR's wellbeing calendar each year, and in 2024–25, TMR once again finished with the highest number of donors overall of any department.

The TMR Wellbeing Calendar 2025 outlines a range of initiatives, scheduled across the year, aimed at cultivating the wellbeing of workers. The calendar reflects TMR's commitment to prioritising employee wellbeing and fostering a supportive, thriving workplace environment.

Injury management

Through the Workplace Rehabilitation Policy and centralised management of rehabilitation and workers' compensation claims, TMR remained committed to ensuring that rehabilitation and return to work services are provided in keeping with injury management best practice.

TMR recognises that workplace rehabilitation assists in the recovery process and helps restore the employee's normal function sooner. In the event of an injury or illness, regardless of whether it is work-related, TMR is committed to assisting employees to achieve a safe return to work in a way that will facilitate their best possible recovery. This is achieved by:

• accommodating a gradual return to work, with a focus on suitable duties in accordance with medical advice
• building a positive culture around injury management and providing suitable duties to assist in employees' recovery
• working closely with WorkCover Queensland and QSuper to ensure proactive case management.