Founded by Origin employees, our Pride@Origin Network has championed the right to feel safe – and celebrated – at work. This year, our achievements were recognised when we were awarded ‘Gold Employer status’ at the Australian LGBTQ Inclusion Awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At Origin, we aspire to create a workplace where everyone feels comfortable and safe to be themselves at work. As part of this commitment, we\u2019re committed to building a more inclusive culture in which people of all genders, sexes and sexualities feel respected, included and understood.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pride@Origin Network was founded in December 2017 with a small working group united by a common goal: to create a more inclusive workplace for our LGBTIQA+ employees, allowing every person to bring their whole self to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With representation from across our organisation, including from our Executive Sponsor, Jon Briskin, Executive General Manager Origin Retail, the committee initially focused on building internal capability with a longer-term ambition of becoming a leading corporate for LGBTIQA+ inclusion.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Topher Foote, co-chair of our Pride@Origin committee, said \u201cPride@Origin is our commitment to create and protect safe spaces for all of our people. We recognise some of our people might have experienced environments in the past where they could only exist by hiding fundamental parts of their identity, as it was otherwise unsafe, discouraged or disadvantageous.\u201d\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since inception, the Pride@Origin network has built great momentum.\u202fWe introduced our Gender Affirming Support Package, which provides supportive pathways for individuals, and education and guides for managers and colleagues. We provide six weeks paid leave or up to 12 weeks at half pay for any employee who needs time off for their gender affirmation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The committee’s also worked hard to increase awareness and understanding of LGBTQIA+ experiences across Origin, including sharing personal stories from Origin\u2019s LGBTQIA+ employees and guest speakers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve hosted events to recognise key dates in the LGBTIQA+ calendar including IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia), Wear It Purple Day, World Aids Day and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The creation of a Pride Ally Network and online learning module, Embrace Pride@Origin, enables us to share information with all employees about how they can play a role in creating a community where all individuals are comfortable being themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Australian LGBTQ Inclusion Awards recognise organisations who participate in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI). The benchmarking demonstrates leading practice on LGBTQ inclusion within the workplace. In 2022, 139 large organisations participated in the AWEI, with Origin one of 20 to receive \u2018Gold Employer status\u2019.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This award recognises the initiatives we introduced to help champion our LGBTQIA+ communities and ensure we have the systems and processes in place to support them. It also <\/strong>recognises <\/strong>the commitment of our Pride@Origin committee volunteers to help Origin remain a leader in ensuring equality, opportunity, and fair treatment for all.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dyllyn Tierney, from Origin\u2019s Diversity and Inclusion Team said, <\/em>\u201cIt\u2019s important for people to feel included, respected and understood. That\u2019s why over the last few years we have made a considerable and conscious effort to create or update Origin policies, procedures, and support mechanisms to be inclusive of LGBTQIA+ experiences.\u201d\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n Founded by Origin employees, our Pride@Origin Network has championed the right to feel safe – and celebrated – at work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[42],"oe_author":[],"class_list":["post-18766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-and-people","tag-careers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18766"},{"taxonomy":"oe_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oe_author?post=18766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}