It has been two weeks since the EOC officially announced the results of the inaugural Equal Opportunity Employer Recognition Scheme on 14 May, and the excitement just keeps rolling, with honoured employers collecting their accolades during a series of awards presentation ceremonies on 14, 21 and 26 May. The excitement also went viral, as organisations flaunted their awards in tweets and posts on their social media accounts.

Owing to social distancing measures under COVID-19, the EOC held the awards presentation ceremonies in batches for the 160 organisations named Equal Opportunity Employers. They were selected by the assessment panels out of 420 applications by 192 organisations across a wide spectrum of industries and sectors.

Officiating at the ceremonies, EOC Chairperson Mr Ricky CHU Man-kin thanked the employers for their enthusiastic support and participation in the Recognition Scheme, which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of equal opportunity employment policies and practices, and encourage more employers to adopt these policies.

“The selected Equal Opportunity Employers are all role models, excelling in the implementation of equal opportunity employment policies. We hope to leverage on the Recognition Scheme as a platform for sharing experiences and best practices, such that more employers will be inspired to adopt similar policies and practices,” said Mr Chu.

To widely publicise the results of the Recognition Scheme, the EOC published the lists of Equal Opportunity Employers and recipients of the Gold Award and Outstanding SME Award in five local newspapers, namely Hong Kong Economic Times, Ming Pao Daily, Sing Tao Daily, South China Morning Post and The Standard, on 17 May, besides uploading them onto the Scheme’s website.

• View the list of awardees and recognised employers
• About the Scheme