The 2009-10 National Work-Life Balance Awards (the Awards) is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to making Australian workplaces more flexible and family-friendly and through that more productive.
The Awards provide public recognition for businesses, government and community organisations that are leaders in successfully integrating work-life balance whilst managing business demands.
The Australian Government has committed to reinvigorating the Awards, formerly known as the National Work and Family Awards, including by:
- expanding the number of available awards by offering separate awards for the leaders in various industry sectors
- funding and supporting the development of a special symbol that can be used by winners in print and online job advertisements for a period of three years from winning the award - assisting businesses to attract job-seekers
- developing an Accreditation Scheme to support the Awards.
The Awards will acknowledge businesses, government and community organisations that:
- recognise the business benefits in responding to the actual work-life needs of their employees
- make efforts to ensure that managers, supervisors and employees accommodate work-life needs as appropriate
- demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement in the development and implementation of work-life policies, practices and initiatives.
The National Work-Life Balance Awards provide an excellent opportunity to promote your business, government or community organisation’s achievements in creating a flexible, family-friendly work environment.