Engaging with and listening to our people

We continuously engage with our employees to shape the development of our support and reward packages, valuing their input to ensure our initiatives address their needs and challenges. Our primary mechanisms for gathering feedback include employee forums and facility group meetings, which maintain open channels of communication for raising any issues. For example, this year we have surveyed our employees on our All4health offering and have also started a survey programme to gather feedback on our recruitment and onboarding process.  

Pastoral Care

As part of our Health and Wellbeing strategy, Almac employs a full-time Pastoral Care Manager who is based at our Craigavon headquarters. Stuart Argue, our dedicated workplace caregiver, provides confidential support to our colleagues, independent of company operations. As an experienced confidante, Stuart listens to any difficulties or challenges our employees may be facing, offers immediate support, and directs them to additional resources if needed.   

This year, the pastoral care service has held over 1,000 sessions with our staff.

Supporting our work force through our ‘All4Health’ programme

Almac is committed to supporting our employees’ health and wellbeing through a comprehensive, holistic and strategic approach. Our initiatives are led by the Board of Directors and the Senior Executive team, ensuring top-level commitment and decision-making.  

Our Health and Wellbeing strategy aims to create a proactive culture that prioritises prevention and early intervention. We promote and enable self-care by educating and supporting our employees through a variety of initiatives and programmes to cater for our diverse, multi-generational workforce.  

Our global wellbeing initiatives are driven by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team, ensuring that our policies, programmes, and events are crafted with the utmost consideration for our employees’ wellbeing. We take pride in our commitment to going above and beyond in promoting the health and wellbeing of our workforce. Our strategy is informed by employee feedback, industry trends and our employee demographic, ensuring a comprehensive and proactive approach.  

Our All4Health programme is coordinated through regionally bespoke employee portals, serving as a central hub for hosting online events, sharing information on various benefit packages, providing access to dedicated helplines, health apps, and additional resources. Through this portal, we facilitate sign-ups for our suite of in-person initiatives throughout the year. Employees can access resources such as:

• The very latest health news and information
• A wellbeing calendar highlighting Almac’s events, awareness campaigns
• Resources to help identify, train, and support employee wellbeing
• Helplines and webchats for direct communication with specialists on a range of issues
• Health apps, health checks, and other digital wellbeing tools
• Bookable workplace wellbeing services.