The City of Sydney has won a national human resources award as a diverse and inclusive workplace and employer of choice for women.
The City received the 2019 Australian HR Award for Best Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Program.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the award recognised the City’s ongoing efforts to build an inclusive workplace that provided opportunity and equity for women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTIQ community, people with disability and refugees.
“It’s fantastic to see the City recognised for being an inclusive and diverse workplace, and also an employer of choice for women,” Cr Moore said.
“Creating a diverse workforce is not just the right thing to do, it helps improve productivity, encourages innovation and supports economic growth.”
She said the City competed for the award in a highly competitive field of finalists, including Virgin Australia, SBS, Griffith University, International Convention Centre (ICC Sydney) and the National Rugby League.
She said that in 2015 the City was the first local government organisation to monitor and publicly report on gender pay equity.
“In 2018, it began paying superannuation for up to 52 weeks for staff on parental leave, helping close the long-term wealth gap between men and women,” Cr Moore said.
