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SUSTAINABILITY Our People As a major employer with over 4,200 staff, we know that taking care of our people is the key to creating a great place to work. We are committed to providing our employees with sustainable career paths at SkyCity and want our staff to grow their careers with us. Priority Issues FY21 Performance Highlights • Employee engagement • Awarded the Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award at the 2020 Deloitte Top 200 Awards and the Diversity and Inclusion • eaningful career and M Award at the 2021 NZ HR Awards for Project Nikau, SkyCity’s development pathways pathway to employment programme for vulnerable young • Diversity, inclusion and belonging people targeting Māori and Pasifika • Health, safety and wellbeing • ade a commitment to contribute to eliminating period poverty M by providing free sanitary products to all employees – with the Key Stakeholders initial pilot phase rolled out in New Zealand in May 2021 • Achieved Gender Tick and Rainbow Tick reaccreditation • mployees (existing, former and E potential) • 0% of our employees participated in our Speak Up employee 8 engagement survey – with an engagement score of 85% • Union representatives favourable achieved • inistry of Business, Innovation M and Employment FY21 Key Challenges • Ministry of Social Development • o face-to-face leadership development programmes were N • Ministry of Health delivered due to the disruption from COVID-19. Instead, personalised talent development conversations and bespoke • epartment of Education, Skills D interventions were deployed where appropriate and Employment • roject Nikau was put on hold during the first half of the year P • Accident Compensation due to the limited opportunity to hire new staff following the Corporation COVID-19 related impacts on the New Zealand business • WorkSafe NZ • kyCity’s Australian and New Zealand operations have faced S • SafeWork SA very constrained candidate markets due to the border closures, making it challenging to fill vacant roles • ReturnToWorkSA • roviding increased support for employee mental health P • Immigration New Zealand and wellbeing as employees cope with the challenges and • Women’s Refuge uncertainty that has been a feature of the past year with the impact of COVID-19 • omen in Gaming and W Hospitality Australasia FY22 Focus Areas • Gender Tick • trengthening SkyCity’s commitment to Iwi relationships and S • Rainbow Tick improving our understanding of Te Ao Māori, Te Reo Māori and • Southern Cross Healthcare tikanga in New Zealand whilst contributing to employment opportunities for indigenous peoples in Australia • roviding support to employees to strengthen mental health P and wellbeing • sing the insights gained from our Speak Up employee U engagement survey to further enhance employee engagement 89
At SkyCity, we aim to create an environment where (up one point on 2019) – meaning that, on average, our people are at the centre and ensure that our 85% of SkyCity employees answered that they staff can work safely, are motivated to work hard, either “agreed” or “strongly agreed” with nine progress in their careers, and have the tools and engagement specific questions. knowledge they need to look after both themselves To maintain and improve employee engagement, and our customers. the survey results support continued investment in diversity, inclusion and belonging, our role in Employee Engagement the communities we operate in, living our values, and Developing Meaningful and health and safety. The results also suggest opportunity for improvement in ensuring people Career Pathways feel recognised for a good job, change management With a large and diverse workforce, SkyCity is at a team level, scheduling and staffing, and recognised for taking a lead in staff development providing feedback to improve performance. and care. Our vision is to be a centre of expertise that delivers high value learning and development Tahuna Te Ahi – Ignite the Fire solutions for staff which contribute to the Recognising the special standing of Māori as achievement of our business priorities. tangata whenua and the indigenous people of We have an advanced set of priorities and Aotearoa, SkyCity launched Tahuna Te Ahi, a programmes in place across our sites to achieve tailored programme developed by New Zealand our goal of being a great place to work where our company Indigenous Growth Limited, for our people are empowered to grow and to achieve. New Zealand-based employees in 2018. The To ensure that these programmes remain effective programme provides accelerated leadership and relevant, we regularly review the effectiveness development specifically for Māori employees in of the programmes, in terms of both interest addition to implementing initiatives which elevate and sustained impact, and make refinements as the standing of Māori at SkyCity more broadly. required. New programmes are also trialled and The programme connects people to indigenous introduced where appropriate. We regularly seek values and culture while at the same time giving advice from staff on how to remove barriers to them the tools to incorporate their culture into a participation (such as release time) and introduce business environment. better incentives for participation. SkyCity was awarded the 2018 Deloitte Top 200 Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award for the Speak Up Employee Engagement Survey programme in November 2018 and was named Our Speak Up survey is a biennial Group-wide as a Platinum winner in the ‘Best Learning & employee engagement survey – the purpose of Development Project – Leadership Capability’ which is to understand employee engagement category at the 2019 LearnX Asia Pacific Awards for and to prioritise Group-wide initiatives to maintain the programme in June 2019. and improve employee engagement. Employee 15 employees commenced the Tahuna Te Ahi engagement is defined as the levels of enthusiasm programme during the last financial year. and connection employees have with SkyCity – it is a measure of how motivated people are to put in discretionary effort for SkyCity and a sign of how Health, Safety and Wellbeing committed they are to stay. At SkyCity, our people are paramount to the success Our most recent Speak Up survey was completed of our business. Ensuring we take care of our people in April 2021, with 80% of employees responding to at work allows them to provide our guests with a safe the survey (up seven points on 2019). Pleasingly, we and enjoyable experience. Our character and culture achieved an engagement score of 85% favourable goal is to provide a great and safe place to work. 90 SkyCity Entertainment Group Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2021
SUSTAINABILITY Health and Safety • ffective risk management – we will focus on E our critical risks, ensuring we have sufficient risk Over the last financial year, our primary objective mitigation strategies in place to prevent fatal or has been to keep our people and guests safe from serious harm; COVID-19 and support Government initiatives to minimise the risk of COVID-19 in our communities. • ustainable systems and processes – we will S We have implemented extensive processes to create a contemporary and resilient approach plan, manage and review our COVID-19 health to the management and improvement of health management response. and safety; and We also continued to implement initiatives to • ealth and wellbeing – we will adopt a H achieve the strategic goals outlined in our FY19–21 risk-based approach to health and wellbeing, Group Health and Safety Strategy (adopted in 2018), including programmes to reduce physical and which has allowed us to develop strong foundations psychosocial risks to our workers. for sustainable safety change. Our Group Health and Safety Strategy for FY19–21 centres around the mission “Prevent Harm and Build Wellness” and the following four goals: • I ndustry leading safety culture – we will create a positive safety culture for our workers and guests with a strong emphasis on genuine and visible leadership and active engagement of our workers; 91
FY21 Health and Safety Scorecard Indicator Target FY21 Performance Safety Success Zero fatalities or life altering injuries Achieved – no fatalities or life Indicator 1 altering injuries OUR PROGRESS OUR PROGRESS OUR PROGRESS OUR PROGRESS Safety Success Indicator 2 Reduce Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate (TRIFR) by 10% from Not achieved – increased by 23.36% FY18-21 OUR FY18-21 PROGRESS FY18-21 FY18-21 the FY20 baseline OUR UR OUR PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRESS OUR PROGRESS OUR PROGRESS Safety Success Increase hazard reports by 10% from Not achieved – increased by 3.22% FY18-21 FY18-21 -21 Indicator 3 FY18-21 the FY20 baseline FY18-21 FY18-21 OUR LAST THREE OUR The LAST YEARS final TRIFR THREE OUR - STRATEGY and hazard YEARS reporting LAST results IN OURimpacted THREE - STRATEGY were REVIEW significantly LAST YEARS THREE INbyREVIEW YEARS the-COVID-19 STRATEGY -andSTRATEGY disruptions IN REVIEW IN R closures, which significantly reduced the total number of hours worked. 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SUSTAINABILITY Employee Wellbeing Staff Support Programmes SkyCity has programmes in place to promote SkyCity has a range of services designed to assist healthy behaviours and personal responsibility for employees who may need a helping hand. mental and physical health. The programmes aim to At our Auckland and Hamilton sites, SkyCity offers promote healthy lifestyles, increase physical activity, confidential help and advice for SkyCity employees reduce absenteeism and improve productivity. – for work issues and situations outside of work. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SkyCity has They offer advice about practical and effective ways established a specialist Health and Hygiene team to handle difficult or sensitive issues and, where to provide staff with up-to-date information on the appropriate, assist employees in working with global pandemic, support in dealing with anxiety agencies outside of SkyCity who may be able to help. and stress relating to the pandemic, and training The Group-wide Employee Assistance Programme and awareness on health management relating (delivered via EAP Services) is a supportive and to the pandemic. Following periods of lockdown, confidential programme designed to assist SkyCity we also focused on physical and mental health employees who may have problems that affect work conditioning. These programmes were aimed them at work – advice and support is available at minimising harm in an environment involving 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from trained significant disruptions to our operations. professional counsellors who can help staff with Over the last financial year, we also: their problems. • launched a physical health check programme SkyCity also provides emergency financial where employees can participate in a 30 minute assistance for employees suffering financial health consultation with a nurse – with over 400 hardship. This help can include budgeting advice, health checks being carried out to date; and last resort financial help through a ‘SMILE’ loan to New Zealand-based staff who qualify for support. • onducted a ‘People Pulse Survey’ on mental c health and wellbeing with 700 employees Employee Hardship Fund responding to the survey. The results identified that our people leaders wanted more training Like many other businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic on how to support employees, and employees has adversely impacted SkyCity’s business and wanted more information on personal coping operations and necessitated significant changes skills for stress management. In response to this across the SkyCity business from March/April 2020, feedback, EAP Services delivered 15 workshops to including significantly reducing capital expenditure, 146 managers on how to support better mental minimising operating costs and restructuring health outcomes for employees; and SkyCity’s workforce. • s upported the World Day for Safety and Health In April 2020, the SkyCity Employee Hardship Fund at Work by hosting a special event in partnership was established to initially assist SkyCity’s departing with the NZ Business Leaders Health & Safety employees in New Zealand who found themselves Forum in Auckland. To coincide with this day, in financial difficulties that could not fully be a pocket guide on 'How to have a conversation addressed by their redundancy payments. The Fund about Mental Health' was launched. This guide was established using funds contributed by the is based on the NZ Mental Health Foundation's Senior Leadership Team and other senior executives work and is designed to empower our people to across the business via voluntary reductions in have safe conversations and be able to identify their salaries from 1 April – 30 June 2020 and from certain behaviours, approaching colleagues with voluntarily contributions by other staff members. empathy and a willingness to listen. As at 30 June 2021, a total of $223,407 had been granted (with no obligation for repayment) to 123 As part of SkyCity’s wellness programme, all affected employees. SkyCity employees are invited to receive a free flu vaccination. This service is offered annually to employees onsite at the beginning of the flu season to ensure all staff have easy access to the vaccinations. Around 600 vaccinations have been delivered in 2021. Our People 93
Healthcare • aintain a gender balance across the population m of employees who make up the top four levels of SkyCity understands that healthcare can be the organisation hierarchy; expensive and sometimes difficult to access for members of the workforce. We therefore • ontinue to review gender and ethnic pay c offer permanent, full-time employees in our equality and deliver an organisation-wide New Zealand sites health insurance via our programme that removes any risk of bias or healthcare provider Southern Cross Healthcare. inequality; SkyCity fully subsidises the RegularCare plan, • leverage and grow diverse talent pools to develop which provides shared cover for surgical treatment, a more ethnically diverse leadership population; recovery, support, imaging and diagnostic tests and day-to-day treatment. Employees are also able to • aintain certification with specialist m add their family members to the insurance plan at organisations who represent minority groups an additional cost. within the SkyCity workforce (for example Rainbow Tick) to reiterate our commitment to, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging and support of, these minority groups’ interests; • uild the capability of all leaders in b We have a strong representation of minority groups understanding and leveraging diversity of at SkyCity who are often underrepresented at thought through ensuring appropriate learning leadership levels in the workforce. Encouraging and development solutions are delivered; diversity of thought in our workforce, and in leadership roles in particular, allows us to • ontinue to work with a panel of advisors and c strategically reflect our diverse customer base and experts to provide informed perspectives and draw people with different backgrounds to our guidance to the Chief Executive Officer and business. We believe this diversity of thought offers Inclusion Council on diversity and inclusion an opportunity to enhance SkyCity’s competitive matters; and advantage and provide long term sustainable business success. • ontinue to provide support and education to c employees and managers to promote mental We value and respect the contributions, ideas health awareness and wellbeing. and experiences of people from all backgrounds and are committed to an inclusive workplace that Gender Composition enhances and promotes workplace diversity across Over the last financial year, SkyCity has challenged the business. We are committed to providing itself to increase female representation, particularly opportunities and initiatives that assist all to reach in senior leadership roles, and has maintained a their potential, and regularly benchmark and report gender balance across the top four levels of the on our diversity position, policy and objectives. organisation. This has been driven by initiatives SkyCity’s Diversity and Inclusion Policy (available in which support the development of our female the Governance section of the company’s website talent pipeline and by ensuring strong female at www.skycityentertainmentgroup.com) provides candidates are identified in the recruitment a framework for the company’s current and future process for all executive roles and any systemic diversity and inclusion initiatives. Each year, the bias in recruitment, development and promotion SkyCity Board sets measurable objectives to processes are removed. promote diversity and inclusion. The measurable objectives set by the Board for the financial year ending 30 June 2022 are to: • ontinue to ensure strong female candidates are c identified in the recruitment process for all Board and senior executive roles; 94 SkyCity Entertainment Group Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2021
SUSTAINABILITY The gender composition of SkyCity’s directors, officers, senior executives and total workforce as at 30 June 2021 and, comparatively as at 30 June 2020, is set out below: Female Male 2021 Number % Number % Total Directors 3 43% 4 57% 7 Officers 4 50% 4 50% 8 Senior Executives 5 45% 6 55% 11 Total Workforce 2,082 49% 2,167 51% 4,249 Female Male 2020 Number % Number % Total Directors 2 40% 3 60% 5 Officers 3 43% 4 57% 7 Senior Executives 4 40% 6 60% 10 Total Workforce 1,832 48% 1,980 52% 3,812 In the above tables: • ‘officers’ are the Chief Executive Officer and those directly reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, other than the Executive Assistant; • ‘senior executives’ are , with the exception of the Chief Executive Officer, those who hold a strategic position (as determined by the People and Culture Committee from time to time); and • the ‘total workforce’ number does not include those who identify as gender diverse and those who elected not to identify as being female, male or gender diverse. Inclusion Council Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. Te Roopū Māori o SkyCity has also supported cultural elements of In 2019, a SkyCity Inclusion Council was established to SkyCity events over the last financial year, including support the embedding of an authentic and inclusive the official pōwhiri for Michael Ahearne into the role culture within SkyCity Auckland. The Council is made of Chief Executive Officer and Matariki celebrations, up of Employee Resource Groups whose purpose launched a new Te Roopū Māori o SkyCity logo and is to bring to life SkyCity’s diversity and inclusion established an employee whānau room. objectives. The Employee Resource Groups sit on a forum to discuss priorities and proposed actions In the last financial year, a SkyCity Inclusion Council with senior leadership on a quarterly basis. The five was also established in SkyCity Adelaide with core Employee Resource Groups are Women in three core Employee Resource Groups - Women in Leadership, NZ Asian Leaders, SkyCity Pride, Pasifika Leadership, LGBTTIQA+ and Disability/Ability. Leaders and Te Roopū Māori o SkyCity. The leaders of the Employee Resource Groups bring together their Eliminating Period Poverty respective communities, confirming their priorities With our ongoing focus on gender equality and and work together to drive initiatives that impact the inclusion, one key area SkyCity has identified where groups they represent. it can make a difference is the elimination of period Te Roopū Māori o SkyCity continues to provide a poverty by removing one of the barriers to women significant amount of support and guidance to participating in work with the same conveniences SkyCity management, and the broader workforce, as their male colleagues. Period poverty is when with the aim of delivering better outcomes for someone cannot access the menstrual products Māori. In September 2020, the Roopū celebrated (such as pads, tampons or cups) they need for Te Wiki o Te Reo (Māori language week) with the their period. There are many barriers to access - delivery of an online te reo Māori lesson to SkyCity the biggest is usually cost. Other barriers include employees and, in association with Te Taura Whiri convenience (being caught short) absence of basic i te Reo Māori (the Māori Language Commission), equipment (such as sanitary bins), different cultural projected a hei tiki on the Sky Tower – which beliefs and community stigma. received recognition as a stand-out moment from Our People 95
Since May 2021, we have provided free sanitary Gender Tick products in all female and gender-neutral employee In April 2019, SkyCity was awarded the Gender Tick bathrooms across the SkyCity properties in New in recognition of its commitment to providing a fair Zealand to ensure that our female employees workplace for all employees. The Gender Tick was feel empowered and engaged to come to work reconfirmed in June 2020 and July 2021. and perform their very best without facing any barriers or being inconvenienced. SkyCity Adelaide Gender Tick is a New Zealand-based accreditation has provided free sanitary products in all female for businesses to demonstrate their commitment to employee bathrooms from July 2021. gender equality in the workplace. The programme assesses organisations across five key indicators, Supporting Our Rainbow Community including gender inclusive culture, flexibility and SkyCity has maintained a Rainbow Tick for its leave, women in leadership, gender pay equality Auckland and Hamilton properties for a sixth year, and ensuring a safe workplace. and our Queenstown site was awarded the Pride Pay Equality Pledge in 2020. Being a Rainbow Tick employer means SkyCity has been acknowledged as being a SkyCity continues to monitor and report on safe, supportive and welcoming workplace where remuneration outcomes by gender to ensure pay employees can bring their whole selves to work equality. without fear of discrimination or disadvantage In the last financial year, SkyCity also conducted – no matter what their gender identity or sexual gender pay equality analysis for like positions orientation. (being positions with similar degrees of know-how, SkyCity is committed to continually improving and problem solving and accountability). This analysis working with the feedback received from Rainbow identified that there are no indications of gender Tick to find ways we can further support our SkyCity bias across similar positions. rainbow community. We remain focused on increasing the Through the Inclusion Council at SkyCity Auckland, representation of women in senior roles across the the SkyCity Pride Employee Resource Group has business through a gender balanced talent pipeline. driven a range of initiatives through Pride Week These initiatives, in addition to a strategy deployed and celebrated Wear It Purple Day, an awareness over the past three years to lift the hourly wage day specifically for young people who identify as rate of SkyCity’s lowest paid staff, has contributed LGBTTIQA+ and IDAHOBIT Day, the International to a reduction to SkyCity’s gender pay gap in Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and New Zealand. While our Australian gender pay gap Transphobia. remains well below the Australian National Gender Pay Gap, the changes to our Australian business Our Adelaide site maintained its Pride in Diversity over the financial year ended 30 June 2021 have programme membership, which reiterates our seen a significant increase to our Australian gender commitment to our lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, pay gap. We are undertaking extensive root cause trans-sexual and intersex Australian-based staff. analysis on this change in Australia and remain SkyCity Queenstown has been a supporter of the committed to reducing both our Australian and Winter Pride event in Queenstown for many years New Zealand gender pay gaps. We are developing and signed up to the Pride Pledge in June 2018. The further enhancements to our pay transparency Pride Pledge was started in Queenstown to raise approach and believe this will have a positive the visibility of safe spaces within the Queenstown impact on our gender pay gap across Australia and community after the Winter Pride festival New Zealand. organisers realised that, although the town had an In the last financial year, SkyCity conducted an inclusive heart, it was very difficult for the rainbow ethnic pay gap analysis for the first time. As part of community to see any visible signs that they were this, and to ensure our data and insights accurately welcome and included. reflect our workforce and continue to inform our priorities, we commenced a programme to increase employee ethnicity data capture which resulted in an increase in data capture from 60% of SkyCity’s workforce to 83% (excluding individuals who elected ‘prefer not to say’). 96 SkyCity Entertainment Group Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2021
SUSTAINABILITY The following table illustrates the SkyCity gender pay gap as at 30 June 2021 and as a comparison against the prior periods and the respective national gender pay gaps: New Zealand Australia SkyCity Gender National Gender SkyCity Gender National Gender Pay Gap Pay Gap Pay Gap Pay Gap (as at 30 June) (as at 30 June) 9.5% 13.4% 2021 6.9% 6.1% (August 2020) (November 2020) 9.3% 13.9% 2020 7.5% 1.5% (August 2019) (November 2019) 9.2% 14.1% 2019 8.2% 1.5% (August 2018) (November 2018) Percentage difference between the median hourly rate for women compared to the median hourly rate for men as at 30 June 2020. Includes permanent and temporary employees. The following table illustrates the SkyCity ethnic pay gap as at 30 June 2021: New Zealand SkyCity Ethnic Pay Gap as compared to Pakeha National Ethnic Pay Gap* Men (as at 30 June 2021) Pakeha Women 7.9% 11.9% Māori Women 18.9% 22.0% Pacific Women 16.6% 25.4% Asian Women 11.3% 19.0% *The New Zealand Household Labour Force Survey pay gaps (to Pakeha men) as at 30 June 2020. Australia SkyCity Ethnic Pay Gap as compared to European Men (as at 30 June 2021) European 2.0% Asian Women 13.3% Women in Gaming and Hospitality Australasia SkyCity is a Platinum Partner of Women in Gaming and Hospitality Australasia. SkyCity’s partnership broadened the industry body’s reach into New Zealand and Adelaide. Women in Gaming and Hospitality Australasia is dedicated to achieving an inclusive industry and promoting gender equitable outcomes in the workplace. Its purpose is to achieve an inclusive industry and promote positive outcomes for women in the gaming, hospitality and gaming related industries by encouraging the development and success of women through education, mentorship and networking opportunities and providing tools and support for organisations wishing to develop or enhance their gender diversity and inclusion initiatives – all of which aligns strongly with SkyCity’s values. Our People 97
Performance Against FY21 Board Diversity and Inclusion Objectives SkyCity performed well against the measurable objectives set by the Board to promote diversity and inclusion for the financial year ended 30 June 2021: Objective Progress Made Continue to ensure Recruitment briefs for the Board recruitment process during the past strong female candidates financial year explicitly specified that SkyCity required female candidates to are identified in the be identified wherever possible. recruitment process In the past financial year, three new Board members have been appointed, for all Board and senior one of whom is female. This brings our total gender composition for the executive roles Board to 43% female and 57% male. Recruitment briefs for the senior leadership recruitment process explicitly specified that SkyCity required female candidates to be identified wherever possible. In the past financial year, six senior executive appointments have been made, four of which were internal and two external. Whilst the four internal appointments are male, both external appointments are female – bringing SkyCity’s ‘Senior Executive’ gender composition to 45% female and 55% male and ‘Officer’ gender composition to 50% female and 50% male, where: • ‘Senior Executives’ are, with the exception of the Chief Executive Officer, those who hold a strategic position (as determined by the People and Culture Committee from time to time); and • ‘Officers’ are the Chief Executive Officer and those directly reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, other than the Executive Assistant. Maintain a gender balance During the past financial year, gender balance has been maintained across across the population of the top four levels of the organisation hierarchy with 46% of employees employees who make up being female and 54% being male, demonstrating a balanced gender the top four levels of the representation in our talent pipeline. organisation hierarchy Continue to review SkyCity continues to monitor and report on remuneration outcomes by gender pay equality and gender to ensure pay equality. deliver an organisation- SkyCity also conducted gender pay equality analysis for like positions, wide programme that positions with similar degrees of know-how, problem solving and removes any risk of bias or accountability. This analysis identified that there are no indications of inequality gender bias across similar positions. While our analysis has identified no evidence of a gender driven pay gap for like positions, we remain focused on increasing the representation of women in senior roles across the business through a gender balanced talent pipeline. SkyCity’s New Zealand overall gender pay gap decreased to 6.9% (at 30 June 2021) from 7.5% (at 30 June 2020). SkyCity’s Australian overall gender pay gap increased to 6.1% (at 30 June 2021) from 1.5% (at 30 June 2020). 98 SkyCity Entertainment Group Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2021
SUSTAINABILITY Objective Progress Made Leverage and grow diverse Several initiatives were delivered during the past financial year with the talent pools to develop a objective of developing a more ethnically diverse leadership population: more ethnically diverse • kyCity continued to offer its Māori leadership programme, Tahuna te S leadership population Ahi, in partnership with Indigenous Growth Limited; • kyCity continued as a major partner of TupuToa, hosting four summer S interns for three months within our corporate business, two of whom have been appointed to permanent positions; and • kyCity continued its sponsorship of the New Zealand Asian Leaders S Forum. Maintain certification with Rainbow Tick certification was achieved for our Auckland and Hamilton specialist organisations sites, and our Queenstown site was awarded the Pride Pledge. who represent minority Our Adelaide property maintained its Pride in Diversity membership. groups within the SkyCity workforce (for example SkyCity New Zealand sites achieved reaccreditation of Gender Tick, an Rainbow Tick) to reiterate accreditation for businesses to demonstrate their commitment to and our commitment to and progress for gender equality. support of these minority groups’ interests Build the capability of all The SkyCity Inclusion Council continued to encourage employee-led leaders in understanding initiatives and provide strong executive visibility and sponsorship across and leveraging diversity of the New Zealand properties. Five core groups continue to be represented, thought through ensuring including Women in Leadership, NZ Asian Leaders, SkyCity Pride, Pasifika appropriate learning and Village and Te Roopū Māori o SkyCity. development solutions SkyCity Adelaide has launched an Inclusion Council, which replicates are delivered the model already established in New Zealand, with three core groups represented, including Women in Leadership, LGBTTIQA+ and Disability/Ability. SkyCity Adelaide has launched online learning modules for people leaders to build understanding of diversity and inclusion and unconscious bias and provide suggested actions to remove bias. Identify and appoint an SkyCity conducted an employee ‘Pulse Check’ on mental health and advisory panel to provide wellbeing, which identified that people leaders were seeking more informed perspectives training on how to support employees and employees were seeking more and guidance to the information on personal coping skills for stress management. Chief Executive Officer SkyCity partnered with EAP Services to deliver workshops to people leaders and Inclusion Council on building greater awareness of mental health and wellbeing and launched diversity and inclusion a range of tools and executive team sponsorship as part of Mental Health matters Awareness week. SkyCity supported the World Day for Safety and Health at Work by hosting a special event in partnership with the NZ Business Leaders Health & Safety Forum in Auckland. To coincide with this day, a pocket guide on 'How to have a conversation about Mental Health' was launched. The guide is based on the NZ Mental Health Foundation's work and is designed to empower our people to identify certain behaviours, approaching colleagues with empathy and a willingness to listen. Continue to provide A number of specialists have been engaged to provide perspectives and support and education to guidance to both management and Employee Resource Groups from the employees and managers Inclusion Council, with a focus on building cultural understanding and to promote mental health competence. awareness and wellbeing 99
Our Staff Numbers Worked Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)* by Site Site Number of Employees % FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Adelaide 733 616 27% 24% 27% 64% Auckland 1,726 1,696 64% 67% Adelaide Auckland Hamilton 185 179 7% 7% Queenstown 43 38 2% 2% Total 2,687 2,529 100% 100% 7% 2% *The FTE calculation is based on actual hours worked by staff, not contracted hours. This definition provides a more accurate assessment of full-time equivalent staff. Hamilton Queenstown Total Headcount for Group Site Number of Staff % FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Adelaide 1,346 1,059 32% 28% 32% 60% Auckland 2,562 2,414 60% 63% Adelaide Auckland Hamilton 293 290 7% 8% Queenstown 58 54 1% 1% Group Total 4,259 3,817 100% 100% 7% 1% Hamilton Queenstown Employment Contract Type for Group Contract Type Number of Employees % FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Permanent 3,784 3,462 89% 91% 89% 11% Temporary 475 355 11% 9% Permanent Temporary Group Total 4,259 3,817 100% 100% 100 SkyCity Entertainment Group Annual Report Year Ended 30 June 2021
SUSTAINABILITY Employment Contract Type by Gender Contract type Female Gender Diverse Male Group Total FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Permanent 89% 91% 100% 100% 88% 90% 89% 91% Temporary 11% 9% 0% 0% 12% 10% 11% 9% Employment Contract Type by Site Contract type Adelaide Auckland Hamilton Queenstown FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Permanent 68% 72% 98% 98% 100% 99% 100% 100% Temporary* 32% 28% 2% 2% 0% 1% 0% 0% *Adelaide defines casual employees as temporary whereas the New Zealand sites define employees with a fixed end date as temporary. Employment Type by Gender Contract type Female Gender Diverse Male Group Total FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Full-Time 49% 54% 50% 25% 60% 62% 54% 58% On Demand 21% 20% 33% 50% 18% 17% 20% 19% Part-Time 30% 26% 17% 25% 22% 21% 26% 23% Employees in Collective Agreements by Site Contract type Adelaide Auckland Hamilton Queenstown Group Total* FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Yes 77% 74% 20% 26% 3% 4% 0% 0% 37% 37% No 23% 26% 80% 74% 97% 96% 100% 100% 63% 63% *Group total percentages are weighted proportionately based on site Worked FTE. Employee Absenteeism* Contract type Adelaide Auckland Hamilton Queenstown Group Total** FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 FY21 FY20 Absenteeism 4.06% 3.08% 3.76% 3.95% 3.62% 3.09% 2.32% 1.83% 3.78% 3.70% *As a percentage of scheduled days. **Group total percentages are weighted proportionately based on site Worked FTE. Our People 101
Grow our communities Serve a social purpose by investing in our local economies and communities.
SUSTAINABILITY Our Communities Our aim is to create value in our business and in the communities in which we operate. We understand that to do this we need to engage meaningfully with our communities, listen to their critical needs and expectations, and respond through developing meaningful community partnerships and by taking action to address key issues in our operations. Priority Issues FY21 Performance Highlights • Economic contribution • our Speak Up employee engagement survey, employees In rated “being proud of the role SkyCity plays in the community” • uilding communities by B as a key driver of engagement developing people • he Firefighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge raised over $2.2 million T • Investing in our communities for Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand across the two • eveloping deeper connections D events held in FY21 (including the postponed 2020 event) with Iwi and indigenous peoples • kyCity Hamilton continued its support of women’s sport by S sponsoring women’s cricket team, the Northern Spirit, and Key Stakeholders netball team, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic • Community groups • kyCity contributed a total of $4.1 million to the four SkyCity S Community Trusts for distribution to community groups and • ponsorship partners, including S organisations in the Auckland, Waikato and Queenstown Lakes Leukaemia & Blood Cancer regions New Zealand and Variety – The Children’s Charity • Seven Project Nikau cadets were employed at SkyCity Auckland • Community partnerships FY21 Key Challenges • ecipients of SkyCity Community R Trust grants • nboarding new Trustees for the SkyCity Community Trusts, O developing a new funding strategy and communicating this to • Philanthropy New Zealand our communities • Local Iwi • ue to COVID-19 related business disruption, there were D • Ministry of Social Development limited opportunities to employ Project Nikau rangatahi (young people) in the first half of the year • Te Puni Kōkiri • TupuToa FY22 Focus Areas • First Foundation • roject Nikau has a target of employing, developing and P retaining 100 rangatahi over the next three years, moving from a pilot programme to an integral part of SkyCity's recruitment and retention strategy, with continued focus on Māori and Pasifika from the "Not in Employment, Education or Training" cohort • kyCity will continue to deepen its relationships with S indigenous peoples in New Zealand and Australia with a formal Te ao Māori advisory agreement in place with Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei in New Zealand and support to Career Trackers, an organisation which supports pathways for indigenous university graduates into corporate internships in Adelaide 103
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