This award recognises a leading organisation that embodies all of the following criteria, and more:

• Management's commitment to human capital
• Communications within the company
• Brand alignment and visibility
• Above average staff retention rates
• Talent management initiatives
• Mentoring and succession planning
• Training, learning and development policies and practices
• Work life balance initiatives
• Health and safety practices and procedures
• Compensation and benefits and rewards & recognition
• Recruitment procedures
• Workplace harmony and physical environment
• Overall corporate culture and employee engagement
• Non-discriminatory practices
• Innovation
• Corporate Social Responsibility practices
• Performance management

This award recognises an HR Team that embraces, champions and lives the values of HR via:

• Retention rate within the team
• Team morale and engagement
• Team Productivity
• Team contribution and implementation of specific HR initiatives
• Team effectiveness in delivering cost effective HR administration services
• Ability to improve bottom line profits and employee productivity

This award recognises an HR Leader who embraces, champions and embodies all the values of HR via:

• Ability to lead and create an environment that focuses all employees on the organisation’s priorities, directives and their expected place in the process
• Strategic thinking and planning attributes
• Contribution and implementation of specific HR initiatives
• Business sensitivity and savviness
• Communication effectiveness
• Champion of change and innovation
• Leader in continuous organisational improvement and development

This award recognises a C-level executive (CEO, MD, CFO, COO, CIO, President, etc.) who embraces and champions HR via:

• A demonstrated track record in supporting HR and driving, from the top, agreed HR strategies and initiatives
• Ability to lead and create an environment that focuses HR and all employees on the organisation's priorities, directives and their expected place in the process
• Contribution and implementation to specific HR initiatives including talent development and retention strategies
• Business related HR sensitivity and savviness
• Communication effectiveness with and towards employees
• Innovation within other HR disciplines and areas
• Champion of change and innovation
• Leader in continuous organisational improvement and development

This award recognises the character and personality of your organization - what makes it unique in terms of its’ values, traditions, beliefs and how the company has leveraged on this to create employee engagement.

• Values, beliefs and attitudes and how they are ingrained in your organisation’s DNA
• Unique traditions and rituals and how these are carried out on a regular or long term basis
• Types & variety of programmes and activities also used for employee engagement
• Innovative / new engagement strategies implemented within the last year
• Employee engagement surveys undertaken
• Impact of employee engagement on retention rates
• Balance between employee morale and engagement
• ROI

This award recognises the best implementation of HR technology within an organisation to increase efficiencies and optimise HR processes for greater business results.

• Innovation / new technology implemented
• Comparison between traditional way of working and the new implementation of technology
• Impact from the use of technology in aspects of HR (e.g. talent acquisition, performance management, etc)
• Measurable results indicating that the use of this technology has enhanced efficiency and productivity of the HR department and overall business
• Employee buy-in and feedback regarding the use of technology and new way of working
• Effective use of budget and return of investment