Ainslie Football and Social Club Limited 2010 Annual Report

Human Resources //
Staff Rewards & Recognition 2009
Congratulations to all recipients of awards at the Staff
Rewards and Recognition Presentation 2009:
Employee of the Year (Ainslie): Stephanie Loveday
Employee of the Year (Gungahlin): Renee Ballerini
Supervisory Award of the Year: Renee Ballerini
Permanent Employee of the Year (Ainslie): Judy O’Connor
Permanent Employee of the Year (Gungahlin): Hany Botros
Casual of the Year (Ainslie): Kimarny Favell & Sophie Pearse
Casual of the Year (Gungahlin): Kim Luu
Self Development Award of the Year: Jesse Griffin
The Staff Rewards Program was implemented to recognise
and reward individuals for excellence in their ongoing
work performance each year. However, the Club is well
aware that there are many employees throughout the
organisation performing well on an ongoing basis.
In appreciation for staff efforts, the Staff Rewards
Program also encompasses “special events” throughout
the year. This year the events included Social Lawn Bowls
Evening, Golf Day, Movie Night, Family Christmas Party,
Bar Nights and the Staff Christmas Party.
Workplace Cultural Diversity
The Ainslie Group employs a highly diverse workforce
including people of different age, sex, disability and ethnicity.
Interestingly, the Club employs many international students
from various cultural backgrounds including China, Korea,
India, England and Thailand to name a few, who are studying
industry related courses at local universities or CIT.
In recent years we have opted to create a sponsorship
program in the attempt to retain some of these valuable
employees. This has proven to be a successful initiative,
as the Club has been able to retain valuable skills in our
Food and Beverage and Finance areas. Through the
sponsorship program we have assisted a number of
employees to become Australian citizens.
The Human Resources Team is also in the process
of reviewing the Staff Rewards Program for 2010/11.
As part of this review, HR are implementing employee
focus groups to establish what motivates individuals
and what initiatives may enhance performance levels
i.e. entitlements, rewards, social events etc. By involving
operational staff in this review process, the aim is to
create greater ownership of the program throughout
the workforce and ultimately enhance staff morale
and productivity.
Left to right: Inga Xu, Weiting Ou (Christy)
As part of this sponsorship program the Club has also
provided support in the areas of English as a second
language and the International English Language Testing
System (IELTS). Having a culturally diverse workplace
prompts better service levels via enriched
communication processes with multi lingual staff
members and customers.
The Club has also established a skills recognition program
for our mature workforce which has been highly successful.
Several kitchen staff who have been working in kitchens
for years but never undertaken formal qalifications are
now progressing through the qualifications and being
recognized for their acquired work based skills. The Club
has introduced a self paced learning program to allow
these individuals to gain formal recognition.
Social Day
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