Dubai Police wins award for being 'happiest place to work'

Dubai - Happiness@Work Award recognises the happiest and most innovative organisations in the region.

Dubai Police is the happiest workplace in the public sector and Schneider Electric the best in the private sector.

The fourth edition of the Happiness@Work Award that takes place annually in Dubai (2020 edition) recognised and celebrated the happiest and most innovative organisations in the region that disrupted existing employee engagement and wellbeing norms to create a new normal in the workplace.

Instituted by Sustainable Mindz, a centre for strategic sustainability and corporate responsibility in the Gulf and Mena region, the award aims to promote happiness and positivity in workplaces.

In the small and medium enterprises (SME) category, the award went to Xworks Interiors LLC; while King Abdullah University of Science & Technology – Government Affairs (KAUST) picked up the honour in the not-for-profit category.

This edition picked out regional companies that stood out for creating a happy workplace, having a good work-life balance, focus on sustainability, and for a host of other positive steps making for an inclusive workplace.

There were a total of 40 nominations and based on multiple parameters, the applications were evaluated by a jury panel across seven different award categories, the Happiest Workplace being at the helm.

The first-of-its-kind initiative in the UAE and wider region, the Happiness@Work Award has completed four cycles and so far, 54 organisations have received 64 awards across 6 different categories.

“Regardless of the challenges the world faced in 2020, organisations have continued to work towards creating happiness and value for their employees. Every organisation that nominated themselves for the current edition of the Happiness@Work Award is a winner, as they have demonstrated that they take employee happiness seriously and are committed to creating a workplace culture that values employees and their wellbeing,” said Vineetha Mathew, founding partner, Sustainable Mindz.

Dr Saamdu Chetri, chair of jury, Happiness@Work Award, said: “Life’s purpose is to serve others and the environment around us. The Happiness@Award is doing this by recognising engaged and happy workplaces. Happiness is a process and not an end-goal. Happiness depends on how we perceive, sense, and understand from within to see the outside - everything we see is within and not outside of us. Thus, let us change within to see the outside we want.”

saman@khaleejtimes.com