Inclusive workplace champions to be announced

Tuesday, 15 May, 2012

The winners of the 2012 AHRI Diversity Awards will be announced at a Melbourne luncheon this week on 17 May. The awards recognise and celebrate outstanding individuals and organisations, and the contribution they have made to their business and the HR profession in the area of diversity.

Two awards will be made to individual champions - an HR and a CEO champion - and seven to organisations that have shown evidence of workplace inclusiveness in both their policy-making and practice.

The nine category winners will be selected from among the following list of national finalists:

AHRI Diversity Champion - HR

Samantha Baring, Linfox Pty Ltd
Tracey Hibbert, Corporate Express
Troy Roderick, Telstra Corporation Ltd
Janine Stewart, Perpetual

AHRI Diversity Champion - CEO

Michael Byrne, Linfox Pty Ltd
David Thodey, Telstra Corporation Ltd

Age Diversity in the Workplace Award

Ausgrid
Building Commission and Plumbing Industry Commission
Ramsay Health Care
Vic Roads

Cross Cultural Management Award

NAB
Royal Flying Doctor Service (Qld section)
University of Western Sydney

Disability Employment Award

ANZ
Carter Newell Lawyers
Roads and Maritime Services NSW
Telstra Corporation Ltd
Woolworths Limited

Gender Equity in the Workplace Award

Ernst & Young
Mercy Health
Newmont Mining Services Pty Ltd
Shine Lawyers
Telstra Corporation Ltd

Indigenous Employment Award

ANZ
Downer EDi Mining
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group)

Inclusive Workplace of the Year

Accenture
Deloitte
RailCorp
Roads and Maritime Services NSW
Royal Flying Doctor Service (Qld section)
The Gordon

AHRI R U OK?Day Workplace Award

Country Fire Authority
Environmental Resources Management Australia
Mercy Health
Middletons
Ramsay Health Care
RSL Care

The two-course luncheon will be held at the Park Hyatt, 1 Parliament Square, Melbourne, from 11.30 am to 3pm on Thursday 17 May. The master of ceremonies will be Lee Lin Chin.