2024 Shortlist

Overall Excellence in HR

The winner of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

HR Leader 2024

The recipient of this award will be announced at the awards ceremony.

Best Change Management Programme

FINALISTS:

• Britvic Ireland - Templar
• Spunout - Four Day Week Programme

Best Employer Branding Programme

FINALISTS:

• Glenveagh - Love where you work
• Irish Distillers - Share our spirit, shape your future
• Vodafone Ireland - Youth Attraction Campaign

Best Flexible Working Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Copacetic - Policy Innovation
• Hostelworld - Agile Working Strategy
• SD Worx
• spunout
• Uisce Éireann - A Holistic Approach

Best Health & Wellbeing Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Bord na Móna
• Fragomen
• Gas Networks Ireland
• Glenveagh
• HedgeServ
• Irish Life - Everyday MOMENTS of Wellbeing
• Three Ireland - Wellbeing
• Uisce Éireann - Employee-centric

Best Leadership Development

FINALISTS:

• Avolon - BE THE BEST TEAM
• Depaul - Emerging Leaders
• Lidl - Leadership Academy
• Primeline Group – Forward Thinking Leaders
• PTC Therapeutics - Emerging Leaders
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
• The Doyle Collection - Coaching With Purpose

Best Learning & Development Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Cpl - Thrive
• Depaul - Building Blocks
• Digital Marketing Institute - Elevate

Best Private Sector HR Initiative

FINALISTS:

• BaxterStorey - Chef Academy
• Britvic Ireland - B Valued Expos
• DeCare - Healthy Eating initiative
• Meat Staff - Enhancing Workforce Excellence

Best Public Sector HR Initiative

FINALISTS:

• Department of Transport
• Tusla Child and Family Agency

Best Use of CSR in HR

FINALISTS:

• Cpl - Creating a positive impact
• Trigon Hotels - Supporting Our People and Community

Best Workplace Award - Over 250+ Employees

FINALISTS:

• Breedon Group
• CluneTech
• Cpl
• Glenveagh
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)
• Uisce Éireann

Best Workplace Award - Under 250+ Employees

FINALISTS:

• Clark Recruitment
• Core Optimisation
• Deciphex
• KORE - KORE Insulation and KORE Retrofit
• RKD
• SD Worx

Best Workplace Diversity Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Bord na Móna
• Cpl​ - Embedding DEI into our Cultural DNA
• FINEOS - DEI Embrace Disability Inclusion
• Fragomen - Inclusive Ireland
• Glenveagh - Building a Better Workplace
• Three Ireland - Inclusion & Belonging

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

FINALISTS:

• AIB - Empowering Graduates
• Glenveagh
• SSPC - EPSRC SFI Centre for Doctoral Training
• Viatris Little Island - Graduate Rotation Programme

Most Effective Employee Engagement Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Approach People Recruitment - Engagement
• Breedon Group - Strive to improve

Most Effective Recruitment & Retention Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Approach People Recruitment
• Bon Secours Health System - Delivering Exceptional Care
• Deciphex
• FINEOS - Spring Onboarding
• Trigon Hotels - Creating a future ready workforce

Most Effective Rewards & Benefits Strategy

FINALISTS:

• Approach People Recruitment
• Baxterstorey Ireland

Most Effective Use of Internal Communications

FINALISTS:

• Aviva - Making it Click
• Boots - Focus on Healthcare Conference
• Transfermate - The Not So HR Podcast
• Trigon Hotels
• Vodafone Ireland - The Gathering

HR Team of the Year Large - Over 250+ Employees

FINALISTS:

• Bord na Móna
• Kuehne+ Nagel
• Primeline Group
• Uisce Éireann

HR Team of the Year Small - Under 250+ Employees

FINALISTS:

• MDE Installations
• spunout People Team

HR Manager of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Copacetic Business Solutions - Dylan Loughlin
• VOYA - Katherine Durcan

HR Rising Star of the Year

FINALISTS:

• Britvic Ireland - Debbie Taaffe
• CluneTech - Kaylyn Burke
• McKenna & Co Solicitors - Bethany Youngson
• SD Worx - Aine Shepherd