Organisational Category – Grand Awards
Grand Award of Change Management
This award recognises excellence in an organisation's ability to set a compelling vision and plan, implement, and manage changes in the people aspect of a major organisational programme.
Entries should demonstrate HR’s contribution through all the stages of the change process and how the programme brings positive impacts to employees and organisation performance and/or clearly minimises potential negative impacts.
Grand Award of Diversity & Inclusion
This award recognises an organisation that supports diversity and inclusion initiatives as a fundamental part of its business and actively implements these values through effective practices.
Entries should demonstrate the best practices in integrating diversity and inclusion into their HR policies, practices, and procedures, with regular evaluations to address and eliminate any unfair biases.
Grand Award for Employee Experience
This award recognises an organisation that has successfully aligned its employee experience strategy with broader business objectives.
Entries should demonstrate specific and innovative employee-centric initiatives that have significantly improved employee working experience, enhanced satisfaction and commitment, strengthened engagement, and fostered a positive work environment. Entries should provide quantifiable evidence of these achievements.
Grand Award of Employee Wellness
This award recognises an organisation that provides compelling evidence of their strategy to protect and enhance the health and well-being of employees.
Entries should include specific initiatives that offer mental, physical, social, and/or emotional support to employees, resulting in improved health and well-being for employees and enhanced organisational performance.
Grand Award of ESG Initiatives
This award recognises an organisation that incorporates a comprehensive Environment, Social and Governance(ESG) approach into its overall HR strategy, including Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
Entries should demonstrate the positive influence of applying ESG initiatives and/or projects to strengthen the sustainability and ethical impact of the organisation in the areas of ESG.
Grand Award of HR Digitalisation
This award recognises an organisation that embraces technologies, data analytics/informatics or digital solutions to help drive better efficiency, productivity, and performance of the HR department and the organisation as a whole.
The scope of the entry can include the implementation of HR software, analytic systems, online learning and development tools, etc.
Grand Award of Innovation
This award recognises organisations that have successfully implemented innovative HR practices, strategies, tools and technologies that drive transformation and contribute to achieving business goals. It honours initiatives that not only create synergies and deliver insights but also drive significant organisational change, enhance efficiency, achieve productivity gains and/or elevate business values while addressing workforce and organisational challenges.
Innovative practices and strategies may include strategic HR-related programmes that lead to transformative shifts, such as AI-driven processes in talent management, advanced technologies in people management, initiatives fostering inclusive workplace cultures, and innovations in learning and development.
Grand Award of Talent Management
This award recognises an organisation which has developed outstanding effective strategies, programmes and policies for talent identification, classification, management, and retention, as well as workforce mobilisation such as job rotation and assignment planning to enable leadership succession.
Organisational Category –Sub-Category Awards
Age-Friendly Workplace Award
This award recognises an organisation that promotes age diversity and inclusion in the workplace and implements policies and practices such as flexible working arrangements, learning opportunities, career paths, benefits and wellness initiatives which support older workers and create an age-friendly workplace to value the contribution of older workers.
Entries should demonstrate the positive influence made by applying age-friendly initiatives to strengthen the impact of diversity & inclusion within the organisation.
Best Workplace Award
This award recognises an organisation that establishes an excellent workplace environment and culture to foster employee engagement, satisfaction and well-being. This is achieved through the implementation of a wide range of HR policies and practices, effective leadership, attractive employee benefits, and ample professional development opportunities.
Community Caring Award
This award recognises the organisation that makes a significant contribution to the well-being of the community and achieves excellence in promoting social responsibility and ethical business practices.
The scope of the entry can include volunteerism, community involvement through advocacy, educational or outreach programmes, and compassionate leadership that demonstrates empathy, kindness and respect towards stakeholders.
Corporate Governance Award
This award recognises an organisation that effectively promotes transparency and accountability, pursues integrity in business operations and embraces diversity in the processes to attract, appoint, promote, and ensure accountability among the senior leaders.
The scope of entry can include corporate’s purpose, the role and composition of the board of directors and management committees, the interests of shareholders and stakeholders, and the measurement of the corporate's performance, etc.
Disability-Friendly Employment Award
This award recognises an organisation that promotes disability-friendly employment and implements policies and practices such as flexible working arrangements, learning opportunities, career paths, benefits and wellness initiatives, aiming to support employees with disabilities and create a disability-friendly workplace that values their contribution.
Entries should demonstrate the positive influence made by applying the disability-friendly initiatives to strengthen the impact of diversity & inclusion within the organisation.
Employee Benefits Award
This award recognises an organisation that goes above and beyond in providing employees with a comprehensive benefits package, such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, special leaves or wellness programmes, aiming to motivate employees to perform at their best and attract and retain talent for the organisation. Entries should provide quantifiable evidence of these achievements.
Employee Happiness Award
This award recognises an organisation that implements a purposeful approach to foster a positive and happy workplace culture where employees feel valued and find their work meaningful within the organisation.
Entries should demonstrate the positive influence of these approaches in strengthening employee happiness and provide quantifiable evidence of these achievements.
Employer Branding Award
This award recognises an organisation that creates a value proposition and executed a branding campaign with proven success in differentiating its identity and adding value to the organisation.
Entries should demonstrate a strong employer brand strategy in attracting, engaging, and retaining employees and show evidence of implementing the branding campaign successfully.
Family-Friendly Practices Award
This award recognises an organisation that excels in assisting employees in balancing work and family obligations through a wide range of HR policies and practices, such as flexible working arrangements, daycare facilities, elderly care support, adoption and reproductive assistance, breastfeeding support, paid personal and earned days off programmes, as well as academic bursaries for employees’ children.
Gen Z Attraction Award
This award recognises an organisation which has developed outstanding effective strategies, programmes, and policies to enhance employer branding, recruitment processes, and retention initiatives that attract, engage, develop, and retain quality Generation Z.
Entries should demonstrate excellence in formulating effective strategies and commitment to understanding and engaging with Gen Z with tangible impact by putting them in place.
Green Achievement Award
This award recognises an organisation that makes significant efforts to promote environmental sustainability and foster a green culture that motivates employees to take action to protect the environment.
Entries should demonstrate the positive influence made by applying the green initiatives /projects to deepen sustainability with a quantifiable impact on the environment.
HR Analytics Award
This award recognises an organisation for demonstrating exceptional use of data analytics to analyse and manage human resources data which help drive better efficiency, productivity and decision making of an organisation.
The scope of entry can include the implementation of HR analytics systems, HR software, people analytics strategy, etc.
Learning & Development Award
This award recognises excellence in the design, creation, and implementation of a unique learning and development strategy that enhances the skills, knowledge, and attitude across all levels of the organisation.
The scope of the entry can be a strategic plan or programme, individual courses or other deliverables that enhance performance and encourage learning and development in the organisation.
Learning Technology Award
This award recognises excellence in implementing and utilising technology to enhance employee learning opportunities and experience which strengthens the skills, knowledge, mindset, and culture across all levels of the organisation.
The scope of entry can include the implementation of a strategic plan or programme, digital solution, software, online training, etc.
Management Trainee Programme Award
This award recognises an organisation that successfully formulates and delivers a management trainee recruitment programme which attract, engage and groom graduates to be the future management / leaders of the organisation.
The scope of entry should demonstrate a strategic and structured programme is in place to provide training, learning initiatives, networking opportunities and an aspirational career path to the trainees.
Talent Acquisition Award
This award recognises an organisation’s talent attraction strategy that effectively aligns with the overall business strategies and employer branding.
Entries should demonstrate excellence in job design, manpower planning and deployment, recruitment and selection strategies, internal mobility strategies and programmes that seek to achieve effective utilisation and acquisition of talent to meet business needs.
Talent Policy Pioneer Award [NEW]
The award recognises an organisation that actively engages with and supports existing public talent policies and schemes. Entries should demonstrate a strong commitment to fostering a skilled workforce in alignment with the latest public manpower policies.
The scope of entry can include a wide range of HR policies and practices, thought leadership, and community engagement initiatives. This includes efforts to build Hong Kong into an international talent hub for high-calibre talent, support family-friendly workplace practices, upskill and reskill the workforce, promote diversity and inclusion in talent development, and implement innovative recruitment and retention strategies.