Eligibility
There are four criteria your organisation must meet to be eligible for the Awards component of the survey (the "Best Places to Work in New Zealand"):
1. All employees of your organisation must be given the opportunity to complete it. This includes full-time and part-time employees, but does not include contractors or casuals. In some instances independent business units within a 'family' of organisations may undertake the survey. This would apply where that business unit operated as a truly autonomous unit, was separately branded with it's own identity, and could reasonably be seen as a distinct entity from its 'parent' organisation. Conversely, a department or division of an organisation could not undertake the survey. If you are unsure of eligibility, please contact JRA on (09) 378 2003. If you can't meet this requirement but still wish to survey your staff, the New Zealand Workplace Survey offers an alternative option.
2. Response rate: Your organisation must achieve a response rate of not less than 60% and not less than 20 employee responses.
3. Your organisation must agree to participate in the unlimited/JRA Best Places to Work Survey in good faith. Please view the summary on the following page that outlines our policy on providing incentives to staff to complete the survey: www.jra.co.nz/forum/topic6/thread90.aspx.
4. The survey must be completed by Friday 29 August 2008.
Categories for Finalists
Organisation Size Categories
All eligible organisations will be ranked using their Overall Performance Index score from the survey. This ranking will be used to determine the following 35 category finalists and the winning organisation in each category:
- 10 Best Small Workplaces (employing 20-49 employees)
- 10 Best Small-Medium Workplaces (employing 50-149 employees)
- 10 Best Medium-Large Workplaces (employing between 150 and 399 employees)
- 5 Best Large Workplaces (employing 400 or more employees)
Finalist and winning organisations earn the right to be identified as a ‘Best Places to Work in New Zealand Finalist 2008.’
Most Improved Workplaces
There will be a group of awards presented to the organisations with the greatest overall improvement in their Performance Index score across 2007 and 2008 (eligibility requirements are the same as above, and must be met for surveys in both years).
- Most Improved Small Workplace
- Most Improved Small-Medium Workplace
- Most Improved Medium-Large Workplace
- Most Improved Large Workplace
Highly Commended Awards
Organisations participating in the unlimited/JRA Best Places to Work Survey 2008 will be invited to make a submission of no more than 2 pages outlining the most successful/innovative methods they have used to improve employee engagement (supported by their survey results). The recipients of these awards will be selected by the Organisers (Infego Communications and JRA).
- Highly Commended Public Sector Workplace
- Highly Commended Private Sector Workplace
More details about the criteria for the awards will be made available to participating organisations during the survey period.
Overall Winner
An Overall Winner will be chosen from the four organisation size category winners, having regard to the following criteria:
- Consistency in performance scores over time
- Organisation size
- Response rate
- Organisation demographics, including geographic spread
- Other special circumstances
The winning organisation earns the right to be identified as the ‘Overall Winner - Best Places to Work in New Zealand 2008.’
The selection of the Highly Commended Awards and the Overall Winner will be made by the Organisers (Infego Communications and JRA), and their decision will be final. No correspondence regarding the selection of the winners of these awards will be entered into.
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