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WGEA Director Helen Conway says the new citation, developed in consultation with past citation holders and launched in November 2013, substantially raised the expected level of performance while being sensitive to commercial realities. 76 organisations have been awarded the 2014 EOCGE citation, down from 125 recipients when the predecessor citation, the EOWA Employer of Choice for Women, was last awarded in 2012.
“We know sustained and multi-faceted interventions are required to address the structural and cultural barriers that prevent women and men from equally participating at all levels of an organisation,” said Ms Conway. “This year’s citation holders have each demonstrated their commitment to maximising the full potential of their entire talent pool.”
“Future job seekers, investors and procurement officers who are committed to working for, investing in and buying from organisations with best practice talent management strategies should refer to this list first. These organisations are the best of the best.”
The 2014 applications highlight a growing recognition of the need to integrate men into diversity initiatives with a focus on promoting acceptance around men taking parental leave and working flexibly.
“Achieving gender equality depends on men taking a more active caring role and this necessarily requires more active support from employers to change norms so that flexibility and caring is not a career killer for women and men,” Ms Conway said.
Here are the 76 EOCGE’s recipients for 2014. Did your employer make the list?
2014 Employers of Choice for Gender Equality
- AGL Energy
- Alcoa of Australia Limited
- Allens
- Allianz Australia Services Pty Limited
- Arc@UNSW
- Arup Pty Limited
- Ashurst Australia
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
- Australian Catholic University
- AustralianSuper
- B & McK Services Trust
- Baker & McKenzie
- Bankwest
- Becton Dickinson Pty. Ltd.
- Benetas
- BP Australia Pty Ltd
- Callista Software Services Pty Ltd
- Campus Life
- Citigroup Pty Limited
- Clayton Utz
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- ConocoPhillips Australia
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth
- Credit Union Australia Ltd
- Curtin University
- Deakin University
- Deloitte Touche Tomatsu
- DLA Piper Australia
- EY
- GHD Services Pty Ltd
- Gilbert and Tobin
- Griffith University
- Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Limited
- Henry Davis York
- Holding Redlich
- HSBC Bank Australia Limited
- K&L Gates
- KPMG Australia Services
- Lauriston Girls’ School
- Little Company of Mary Health Care Limited
- Maddocks
- McCullough Robertson Lawyers
- McDonald’s Australia Limited
- mecwacare
- Merck Serono Australia Pty Ltd
- Mercy Health
- Minter Ellison
- Mirvac Group
- Monash University
- National Australia Bank Limited
- Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
- Origin Energy Limited
- Peoplebank Australia Limited
- PepsiCo
- Queensland Country Credit Union Limited
- Queensland University of Technology
- Shell Australia
- St Barbara Limited
- St Michael’s Grammar School
- Stockland
- Suncorp
- Swinburne University of Technology
- TAL Services Limited
- Teachers Federation Health Ltd
- Telstra Corporation Limited
- Transurban Limited
- UBS AG
- University of Canberra
- University of Newcastle
- University of Technology Sydney
- University of Western Sydney
- UOWC LTD
- Villa Maria Society
- VMware Australia Pty Ltd
- Westpac Group
- YWCA of Canberra