Novatech Innovation
New employee initiatives are a total commitment to supporting staff
14 July 2025
Novatech Innovating in Staff Wellbeing
Adelaide’s Novatech Creative Event Technology continues to lead the way in staff wellbeing and recognition in the production industry, capitalising on its location in Australia’s ‘lifestyle superpower’ capital city. Acknowledging that even Adelaide has been hit with rising house prices, going up more than 12% in the last year alone, and increased living costs, Novatech’s new employee initiatives are a commitment to supporting staff through this difficult time. The business intends to pay forward significant efficiencies expected to be achieved from the roll out of a marquee Digital Transformation Strategy, internally referred to as Project Novaflow – Standardise, Automate, Collaborate, Inform. Rather than adjusting clients’ costs, Novatech is committed to funding these initiatives through digital business improvement projects and via normal business operating funds.
Initiative 1:
Private Health Insurance
In an initiative driven by Novatech’s ‘Employer of Choice’ goal and continued Health and Wellbeing commitment, all Permanent staff will be offered private health insurance through a corporate provider after three years of service. These will be full comprehensive policies inclusive of hospital and extras cover. Eligible staff will be offered single or family cover depending on their personal circumstance. Coverage will increase from Bronze, to Silver and then Gold cover depending on years of service to Novatech. Eligible employees will have the choice to top up with additional cover should the approved benefit not meet the staff needs.
Initiative 2:
Service Recognition Gold Card
An employee with 10 years of service or more will receive a ‘Service Recognition Gold Card’. Eligible employees will receive an annual monetary benefit on this card with varying amounts allocated as their years of service increases. This is an ongoing benefit increasing over time until the employee ends their employment.
Initiative 3:
Above award wage raises and allowances
All staff will be provided a 4% increase to their base rate, following 3.75% last year, and previous consecutive years of 5% increases. Other worthy mentions from prior years that align with this package are 15% production shift allowances for crew, 20% team leader allowance, 35% project manager allowance, and improvements to overtime provisions.
Novatech is a South Australian success story, and as it enters the 24th year of business, the company continues to deliver some of Australia’s leading events across the country and into Asia Pacific, all from the home base in Adelaide. The aim of reviewing overall remuneration and staff benefits whilst innovating yearly is to ensure that Novatech is helping its staff where needed both at work and at home.
In an industry decimated by the pandemic, Novatech’s focus over the past five years has been a firm return to live events whilst ensuring its crew has the opportunities to grow & thrive, both personally & professionally. Novatech has implemented industry-leading policies to attract, retain, and support staff – ranging from New Family Member Support payments for growing families, reimbursable Health Incentive Schemes, and the introduction of Reward & Recognition Leave providing up to two extra weeks off annually. Novatech also reviewed & implemented production shift and team leader allowances, ongoing above-award wage increases, and a Professional Development Fund.
Combined with its most recent initiatives, Novatech has set a benchmark for how the production industry can care for its people, and in the fiercely competitive battle to find, hire, and retain staff, Novatech’s employee-friendly policies are an example for other companies to follow.
About Novatech Creative Event Technology:
As a family-owned South Australian business, Novatech Creative Event Technology is one of Australia’s leading and most respected audio-visual production companies. Driven by a passion and commitment to staging exceptional events since 2001, they have the expertise, technology and resources to produce and stage truly unique conferences, gala dinners, product launches, road shows and concerts that surpass their client’s expectations across Australia, all from their home in Adelaide. Their world-class team, cutting-edge technology and in-depth experience across a wide range of venues provides you with the confidence and peace of mind when staging your next event.
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