Yahoo Finance Winners of the WorkL Workplace Awards 2021 revealed
AstraZeneca, Boeing and Openreach are among Britain’s best places to work, according to the WorkL Workplace Awards 2021.
Supported by The Telegraph, the awards highlight UK employers with high workplace satisfaction scores, based on a staff survey. Winners were awarded gold, silver and bronze status.
The awards also recognise the top performers across 26 industry categories, as well as firms who are the most inclusive, best in well-being, and those who have the most engaged workforce.
AstraZeneca was among five highlighted winners in the health and social care category, Boeing in advanced manufacturing and services, and Openreach in telecommunications and publishing. Fairtrade was revealed to be one of 15 “most inclusive” workplaces, and Anglian Water one of 20 “most engaged”.
The workplace data company asked employees via a survey to rank a range of aspects about their job, employer and workplace, to deliver an overall engagement score at work.
It came as WorkL issued its annual “State of the Nation” report.
The review of the nation’s workplaces revealed that people who have a disability are unhappiest at work, citing difficulties with management and wellbeing. They are 12pc more likely to want to leave their employer than those who are not disabled, according to the report.
People registered as disabled also had a lower overall workplace happiness score, of 67pc. Respondents who are not disabled scored 71pc.
“Businesses must ask themselves what more they could be doing to help those who are disabled,” said Lord Mark Price, the founder of WorkL and former trade minister and managing director of Waitrose.
The report listed several areas that businesses can improve things for disabled employees, including dealing with workplace bullying and managers spending more time with disabled staff.
People who identify as LGBTQ+ were also found to be unhappy at work, scoring 68pc for overall workplace happiness – three percentage points fewer than people who identify as heterosexual.
The happiest age group was people aged 16 to 18, and those over 65.
The happiest industry was technology, while retail and hospitality scored poorest.
Winners of the Workplace Awards will be formally announced on Tuesday during an event at The Telegraph’s offices in London, where Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland, will deliver WorkL’s annual lecture.
Find a full list of winners via the WorkL website here.
