Best apprenticeship scheme
This award recognises organisations clearly committed to delivering high-quality apprenticeship programmes that demonstrate clear alignment with the organisationâs business and people strategies. Successful programmes will demonstrate how they are integrated into the organisationsâ wider workforce planning, providing great opportunities for learners to progress, and supporting efforts to increase diversity and inclusion.
The shortlisted entries are:
Airbus UK
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Heddlu Dyfed Powys Police
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Nexperia Newport
Sponsored by Welsh Government
Best diversity and inclusion initiative
This award recognises an employer that is genuinely dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, challenging inequalities, overcoming resistance, breaking down barriers and bias, and making change happen.
The shortlisted entries are:
Airbus UK / Guidant Global
Coleg Gwent
Hywel Dda University Health Board
ITV Cymru Wales
Shared Services Connected Ltd
Welsh Government
Sponsored by Monmouthshire Building Society
Best HR consultant / consultancy
This category recognises the range of relationships between consultants/consultancies and a client organisation, whether delivering a specific piece of work, or providing a breadth of support on a retained basis.
The shortlisted entries are:
BarrowHR
Civility Partners
DLM Consulting
Healthy HR Consultancy Ltd
HR for HR
MoJ Civil Service HR Casework
Sweetmans & Partners Limited
Sponsorship available
Best hybrid and flexible working initiative
This award recognises an employer that has invested significantly in its approach to flexible and hybrid working, creating innovative solutions to manage ongoing change that supports employees and managers while also meeting the needs of the business.
The shortlisted entries are:
Ceredigion County Council
Principality Building Society
Public Health Wales
Shared Services Connected Ltd
Sponsored by HR Spectrum
Best in-house team
This award recognises an HR or L&D team that has demonstrated excellence across the organisation to meet the needs of the business and its people. Judges will be looking for a team that can evidence innovative and unique approaches to addressing either one key business issue across the year, or multiple projects clearly alighted to organisational objectives.
The shortlisted entries are:
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Coleg Gwent
Creditsafe
South Wales Police
Sponsored by Human Resourcing
Best learning and development / organisation development initiative
This award recognises entries that demonstrate strong links between achieving business goals and organisation development activity, and/or learning and development strategies to boost skills and improve performance.
The shortlisted entries for private/third sector are:
Forward Waste Management
Monmouthshire Housing Association
NMWTRA
Sparkles Cleaning Services Wales and West Limited
Sweetmans and Partners Limited
The shortlisted entries for public sector are:
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Hywel Dda University Health Board
MoJ Civil Service HR Casework
Public Health Wales
Sponsored by Resolution at work
Best resourcing and talent management initiative
This award recognises creative and effective talent attraction, retention, talent management, workforce planning, and restructuring strategies that take into account current and future needs of the organisation. In the current tight labour market, with increasing skills shortages, itâs more important than ever that organisations have robust strategies in place to attract and retain a diverse pool of employees.
The shortlisted entries are:
Chevron Traffic Management
Creditsafe
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
NMWTRA
The Celtic Collection The Celtic Manor Resort
Sponsored by Hoop Recruitment
Best well-being initiative
This award recognises employers that place employee well-being centre stage within the organisation and have embedded a strong culture of workplace well-being - be that physical, mental and/or financial.
The shortlisted entries for less than 250 employees are:
Antur Waunfawr
CatSci
Tiny Rebel
The shortlisted entries for more than 250 employees are:
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
Pobl
Safran Seats
South Wales Police
Sponsored by Red Dot 365
Rising star of the people profession
This award recognises an ambitious individual from current student to mid-stage (3-5 years) of their career who has themselves apart in their journey by having a meaningful impact in their workplace and demonstrating a passion for the profession.
The shortlisted entries are:
Angela Williams - Heddlu Dyfed Powys Police
Emilia Ball - Fieldbay
James Williams - Tayna Ltd
Kate Williams - Mrs Bucket Commercial Cleaning Services Ltd
Patrycja Nowak - CW Estates
Rebecca Morgan - Hornbill
Sam Faulkner - Welsh Government
Sponsored by Cardiff Business School
Excellence in HR leadership
This new award recognises an individual responsible for the design and delivery of a highly impactful people strategy clearly aligned to their organisationâs objectives which has made a significant contribution to organisational performance and success. Nominees will be a senior practitioner within the business and a leader and role model to others.
The shortlisted entries are:
Gareth Way - Credit Safe
Katie Allen
Rebecca Legge - Tiny Rebel
Steph Phillips -Associated British Port (WSSP)
Tom Callow - Bute Energy
Sponsored by Hugh James
Outstanding contribution in the field of people development in Wales
This prestigious award is presented to an individual in recognition of their outstanding and exceptional contribution to the profession within Wales.
Sponsored by CIPD