Have you planned your June employee experience ideas?

An exceptional employee experience means employees are more likely to be engaged, which leads to improvement in collaboration, innovation, growth, retention, and attraction.

Employee experience activities such as learning lunches, workplace celebrations and employee-led clubs can significantly boost team morale and productivity.

Each month, WRK+ will share with you an engagement, wellness, diversity, and ESG activity idea to inspire and give you ideas of what can be done with your team this month.

Engagement Initiative
EOFY Month

The last 12 months have been a stressful time for many Australians.

Rising interest rates, input prices, and cost of living have put pressure on individuals and businesses.

Making sure to mark the date EOFY and celebrate with your team helps you show reward and recognition for all their hard work throughout the year.

A special lunch or after-work drinks is the traditional option, but for something a little different this year, why not plan something where your employees can let off some steam, like an amazing race in your local city, or an escape room experience with a reward for the winning team. Choosing a venue away from the office generally allows for a better vibe.

Incorporating recognition awards allows you to acknowledge their achievements and success.

Diversity Initiative
Pride Month

Every June, Australia celebrates the diversity and achievements of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and intersex community.

The workplace is a place we spend most of our adult lives and, as a result, it plays a key role in creating equality and a more inclusive world for LGBTQI+ people.

Although we’ve come a long way in establishing LGBTQI+ rights and inclusion, we still have a way to go to abolish ignorance, harassment and discrimination in society.

WRK+ can help you approach this topic with a range of products:

Pronouns statement workshop
DEI strategy plan
Creating psychological safety at work plan

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Wellbeing Initiative
Men’s Health Week

10-16th June 2024

Men frequent their local GP less often than women, and unfortunately, this leads to a higher rate of men suffering from lifestyle-related health conditions compared to women.

Raising awareness of men's health issues hopes to give men the courage to speak up and take positive actions in their prevention, encouraging early detection and treatment.

You can help support this important cause by raising awareness inside the workplace. Offering health screenings such as blood pressure, or cholesterol, or offer workshops with medical professionals throughout the week on topics like reducing stress, removing the stigma around mental health, quitting smoking, and heart health.

You can support your employees this June by offering them free access to the award-winning app, WithU, which features 100s of health tips to help them make positive changes in their everyday life.

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CSR Initiative
Work Environment Day

5th June 2024

This World Environment Day encourage awareness and action for the protection of the environment by setting up a corporate challenge and asking your team members to submit ideas on how your office can be more environmentally friendly.

Check out our Implementing Sustainability Initiatives blog for some inspiration.

Share environmental tips on your social media to promote and share the awareness.

Engaging and Easy Experiences for the Month

4th June - Doughnut Day
Today is the day to enjoy a box full of donuts or sign up with your team for a baking class to learn how to make your own. You will end up with new skills in the kitchen, a fun experience shared with coworkers, and lots of tasty treats.

6th June – Education Day
Today is Higher Education Day, a day that provides us an opportunity to talk about Learning and Development at our organisations.

Did you know that, on average, people employed at any one of the 2023 Best Places to Work received 61 hours of Learning and Development?

Promote your organisation's recent education undertaken by teammates, stats on learning and development delivered this year, and upcoming development programs. Showcase employees and how their education has helped their career journey.

10th June – Iced Tea Day
Set up a morning tea or Iced Tea tasting bar at your workplace, with some delicious flavours to keep employees engaged and refreshed. Some of the more popular flavours for Aussies are the Classic Lemon Tea, Mint Tea, Peach Iced Tea, or our favourite, Lemon and Ginger.

15th June – World Juggling Day
Did you know that last year a world record was set for the longest duration for juggling three objects at 13 hours and 10 minutes?! For those of us who are not as dexterous, share with your team anything you juggle in your role and how you stay on top of it.

18th June – International Sushi and Picnic Day
Celebrate International Sushi Day by shouting the team a sushi lunch, or if your colleagues like a bit of healthy rivalry, how about a sushi-making competition? YouTube offers plenty of demonstrations and inspiration to get some teams together. Today is also International Picnic Day. Take your sushi lunch outdoors and enjoy a delicious shared meal out in nature.

21st June – World Music Day
Music is beneficial to all of us and is shown to lower stress, improve sleep, and focus better. Let everyone nominate their favourite song to go on a long playlist to listen to and celebrate your love of music together.

21st June – International Yoga Day
Today is also International Yoga Day, coincidentally another which can lower stress, improve sleep and focus, and much more. Office yoga and music all day? We can get on board with that!

21st June – Bring Your Dog to Work Day
Arguably the best day on the office calendar, watch out for our blog on tips to include your furry friend no matter where and how your teams work.

23rd June – International Olympic Day
Ahead of the Summer Olympics next month, get your workplace into the sporty spirit with a mini-Olympic Games in the office as a fun team-building exercise. Organising ways for your employees to get active together, like a team yoga class, lunch run, or cycle, will support this important message in your workplace.