HR Awards 2009
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The Mastertek Award for Employer of Choice (more than 1,000 employees)

The Frontier Software Award for Employer of Choice (fewer than 1000 employees)

The SageCo Award for Employer of Choice (public sector)

The Neller HR Champion (CEO) Award

The HR Partners Award for the Best HR Leader

The RedBalloon Award for Best HR Team

The National Careers & Employment Expo Award for the Next HR Generation

The Sage MicrOpay Award for Best Talent Management Strategy

The Full Circle Feedback Award for Best HR Strategy Plan

The Hays Award for Innovation in Recruitment and Retention

The Adcorp Award for Best Employer Branding Strategy

The Quadrant People Resources Award for Best Change Management Strategy

The Aon Consulting Award for Best Workplace Diversity Strategy

The Monash University Award for Best Learning and Development Strategy

The EmployeeConnect Award for Best Overall use of Technology

The Peak Health Management Award for Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy


Top employers named at HR Leadership Awards 2009 ING Australia, Pacific Hydro and Main Roads Western Australia have been named as Australia's top employers of choice at this year's Australian HR Leadership Awards.

Held at a glittering ceremony on Thursday 22 October, the awards also recognised leading companies such as IBM, Optus, Allens Arthur Robinson and Sydney Water for their outstanding HR strategies and teams.

The awards, which recognise excellence across 16 categories of HR, were organised by HR Leader magazine and sponsored by Aon Consulting.

ING Australia took out the Mastertek Award for Employer of Choice (more than 1000 employees), with the judges commenting that ING shined due to its strategies in setting people up for success as its key to ensuring engaged, committed and stimulated staff..

Pacific Hydro won the Frontier Software Award for Employer of Choice (fewer than 1000 employees), and Main Roads Western Australia scooped the SageCo Award for Employer of Choice (public sector).

On an individual level, Michael Rose, chief executive partner at Allens Arthur Robinson, took out the Neller HR Champion (CEO) Award for demonstrating clear evidence for not just assisting in the formation of the people strategy and advocating it, but also as somebody who spent time walking the floor, engaging people at all levels and showing a genuine interest in employees as a group and individually.

Michael Sommerton from Inchcape won the HR Partners Award for Best HR Leader, due to his efforts in showing innovation and leadership, and for demonstrating long-term commitment to embedding change, as well as his use of data to drive business cases.

HR Leadership Awards 2009: the results

The Mastertek Award for Employer of Choice (more than 1000 employees)

Winner: ING Australia

Highly commended: BUPA Australia

The Frontier Software Award for Employer of Choice (fewer than 1000 employees)

Winner: Pacific Hydro

Highly commended: Atlassian

The SageCo Award for Employer of Choice (public sector)

Winner: Main Roads WA

Highly commended: Roads & Traffic Authority

The National Careers & Employment Expo Award for the Next HR Generation

Winner: Clare Douglas, ING Australia

Highly commended: Richard Atkinson, eBay Australia

The Neller HR Champion (CEO) Award

Winner: Michael Rose, Allens Arthur Robinson

Highly commended: Brian Rignall , Seymour Whyte Constructions

The HR Partners Award for the Best HR Leader

Winner: Michael Sommerton, Inchcape

Highly commended: Sally Kincaid, ING Australia

The RedBalloon Award for Best HR Team

Winner: Glen Eira City Council

Highly commended: ME Bank

The Sage MicrOpay Award for Best Talent Management Strategy

Winner: Optus

Highly commended: ING Australia

The Hays Award for Innovation in Recruitment and Retention

Winner: IBM

Highly commended: Main Roads WA

The Adcorp Award for Best Employer Branding Strategy

Winner: Cuscal

Highly commended: British American Tobacco

The Quadrant People Resources Award for Best Change Management Strategy

Winner: Sydney Water

Highly commended: NSW Health Support Services

The Aon Consulting Award for Best Workplace Diversity Strategy

Winner: Mercy Health

Highly commended: Mallesons Stephen Jaques

The Monash University Award for Best Learning and Development Strategy

Winner: Steinhoff Asia Pacific

Highly commended: Aegis

The EmployeeConnect Award for Best Overall use of Technology

Winner: Steinhoff Asia Pacific

Highly commended: Hungry Jacks

The Peak Health Management Award for Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy

Winner: Greenslopes Private Hospital

Highly commended: City of Melbourne

The Full Circle Feedback Award for Best HR Strategy Plan

Winner: BUPA Australia

Highly commended: Sydney Water

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