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This award will recognise examples of an business/organisation that have implemented flexible working for all levels of staff with the use of methods such as hybrid working, working from home/remote locations, flexible working days/weeks/hours or any other methods that are not ‘business as usual’

This category shines a light on a business that has extensive training and skills development opportunities available for its employees. Entrants should provide evidence of the training and skills development opportunities on offer and show how it is innovative, how impactful it is for the employees and the business and if there are any experiential offerings such as training via VR headsets, online learning, off-site training etc.

This award will recognise and celebrate businesses and organisations that provide further opportunities within their business for school or further education leavers. Entrants should provide evidence of how the programme assists apprentices and/or graduates into career growth, development and leadership with the opportunity to gain further qualifications in their chosen field. Entrants should also showcase the support on offer to individuals on the programme i.e with dedicated mentors and can also details training and development opportunities and the opportunity to rotate around several departments of the business.

This award will recognise a company or organisation (including charity organisations) that has demonstrated outstanding commitment and leadership to harnessing the benefits of a diverse workforce internally and externally. The winner will also have a commitment to driving diversity and inclusion, shared commitment across all levels of the organisation and best practice, a joined up approach aimed at embedding diversity & inclusion across the organisation and evidence of inspirational and measurable outcomes.

This award will recognise a business who has employee recognition at the centre of their company’s success. Building a culture of appreciation while fuelling employee performance, building social bonds, and promoting inclusivity.

This award recognises organisations that demonstrate outstanding internal advancement and establishing internal support systems. Furthermore, these organisations have successfully involved their senior leaders who, as role models lead positive process changes by setting targets, refining recruitment criteria, and revising job descriptions.

This award celebrates excellence and achievements in internal communications. The organisation will have a long-term commitment to high standards in internal communications and will engage with their employees via a variety of outputs with a strong Internal communications strategy evident.

Having a strong, effective employee culture is key to running a successful business. Entrants should provide evidence on how they have encouraged and implemented an inspiring workplace culture for staff and demonstrate how compliments business practices, experiences and results.

This award will recognise examples of the businesses approach to the staff culture, family support and employee working practices and policies. What was the initiative behind creating such a culture and how does it benefit the staff and business? What makes your practices and procedures of having a focus on health and wellbeing, mental health, home and work life balance and family/caring responsibilities unique from other organisations?

This award will recognise examples of the businesses approach to the staff culture, family support and employee working practices and policies. What was the initiative behind creating such a culture and how does it benefit the staff and business? What makes your practices and procedures of having a focus on health and wellbeing, mental health, home and work life balance and family/caring responsibilities unique from other organisations? If the business have plans to scale up, how will this be manage with the expansion of employees?

This award will recognise examples of the businesses approach to the staff culture, family support and employee working practices and policies. What was the initiative behind creating such a culture and how does it benefit the staff and business? What makes your practices and procedures of having a focus on health and wellbeing, mental health, home and work life balance and family/caring responsibilities unique from other organisations? How is this managed with the scale of employee numbers?

The winners of the Scottish Top Employer of the Year will demonstrate commitments to their staff and a range of their policies and practices such as staff culture, flexible working, family/caring support, diversity and inclusion practices and more that have had a positive impact on the business and its employees.