Benefits of entering
Organisations that enter the awards experience many benefits. Not only do they get to showcase their efforts but have the opportunity to review and benchmark their work/life policies against other organisations.
"The immediate benefit for us has been the public recognition. At the awards presentation it was very gratifying to appear alongside other leading organisations like St.George Bank as well as have the awards supported by an organisation like IBM, and to have Joe Hockey, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations present the award to us. For us to be a finalist and then a Gold award winner in such company was very exciting. I guess it just lifts you up to a leadership position in a very important area such as work-life balance and diversity."
Rhonda Earel, Director of Human Resources, the Cancer Council Queensland, 2007 Gold Award winner - Public or community sector.
“St.George recognises that having great people and great customer service go hand in hand. We understand that staff need flexibility in order for them to be able to spend time with their family, make a difference in their communities, to travel or to undertake further study.”
Brett Wright, Group Executive Human Resources, St.George, winner of the Gold Award - Private Sector 2007
“UniSA believes that helping our people to achieve great balance in life improves their health, wellbeing and performance which, in turn, is of great benefit to those they share their lives with - their family, friends and colleagues. We were absolutely delighted to have been nationally acknowledged for our efforts in this area by winning the 2005 Work and Family Gold Award and encourage other supportive employers to nominate for future awards.”
Professor Denise Bradley AO, Vice Chancellor and President, UniSA, 2005 Gold Award Winner - Public Sector.
“The key learning we have had over the years since putting in place family friendly policies is that there is no one solution - you need to have the flexibility in place to support people in their specific situations. At SC Johnson we are very proud to have won the Gold Award last year and strongly believe that it was recognition of our efforts in offering our people a wide range of choices over many years."
Judy Vergison, HR Director, SC Johnson, 2005 Gold Award Winner - Private Sector.