myHomecare Group offers staff tickets in $10,000 lottery to work overtime
myHomecare Group, the largest home care provider in Australia, has started a $10,000 lottery to reward workers, including those who work overtime. Stuart Miller, Chief Executive of myHomecare Group (pictured), told ABC Radio a worker shortage is...
myHomecare Group, the largest home care provider in Australia, has started a $10,000 lottery to reward workers, including those who work overtime. Stuart Miller, Chief Executive of myHomecare Group (pictured), told ABC Radio a worker shortage is “a real problem for us”; to try to keep its workforce, the provider has started a $10,000 lottery.
“If you’ve taken on an extra hour, you’ll get three tickets, if you’ve been there a year, it’s four tickets,” Stuart said. “If you do more hours than you did on average in the previous fortnight or month, we’ll give you a ticket into our raffle.”
He added allocating the lottery tickets is in addition to receiving overtime pay, rather than in lieu of payment. Mr Miller said about 30% of his workforce were migrant workers.
“Just to keep up with the demand for our services, we’re having to put on 40 staff members every single month,” he said.
