Safaricom, East African Breweries Limited and Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited (in that order) have emerged as the overall best employers in the Employer Of The Year Awards 2019.
The initiative by the Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) to identify the best companies to work for culminated in an awards gala held on Friday, September 20, at the Radisson Blue Hotel.
This annual award provides a platform for identifying, ranking and recognizing excellence in corporate performance, people management, and industrial relations among employers in Kenya.
Below are all the winners in different categories.
Overall
Safaricom (Winner)
East African Breweries Limited (1st Runners-up)
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited (2nd Runners-up)
Leadership and governance: What Stood out- Legal, governance and compliance audits, gender diversity at board level.
Centum Investment Company Limited (Winner)
Liberty Life Assurance & Heritage Insurance Kenya Ltd (1st Runners-up)
Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (2nd Runners-up)
Corporate performance: What Stood out- Achievement and surpassing of set business targets and daily monitoring of the same.
East African Breweries Limited (Winner)
Safaricom PLC (1st Runners-up)
Centum Investment Company Limited (2nd Runners-up)
Innovation and Productivity: What Stood out- Use of robotics, Data analytics and high level of employee Involvement and link to reward and recognition.
Crown Paints Kenya PLC (Winner)
Safaricom PLC (2nd Runners-up)
East African Breweries Limited (3rd Runners-up)
Responsible Business Conduct: What Stood out- High community involvement, impact and thorough community needs assessment.
Tata Chemicals Magadi Limited (TCML) (Winner)
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited (1st Runners-up)
Kenya Generating Company PLC (2nd Runners-up)
Diversity and Inclusivity: What Stood out- 50% gender balance, recognition of people with disabilities (PWD) and diverse groups with support systems.
Safaricom PLC (Winner)
LVCT Health (1st Runners-up)
L'oreal East Africa (2nd Runners-up)
Workplace Environment: What Stood out- Collaborative workplaces, wellness facilities in place, green agenda.
Centum Investment Company Limited (Winner)
Safaricom PLC (1st Runners-up)
East African Breweries Limited (2nd Runners-up)
Learning and Development: What Stood out- Certified coaches and monitoring and evaluation of coaching in the workplace.
East African Breweries Limited (Winner)
Coca-cola Beverages Africa Kenya (1st Runners-up)
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited (2nd Runners-up)
Effective Human Resource Practice And Industrial Relations: What Stood out- High Employee Engagement index and initiatives in place to ensure motivation, great employee benefits.
Safaricom PLC (Winner)
Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited (1st Runners-up)
East African Breweries Limited (2nd Runners-up)
