Inclusive workplace champions to be announced

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.