Employer Support Award nomination

Last update: Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Introduction

Nominated by reservist employees, the Employer Support Awards (ESA) are designed to formally recognise those employers who have demonstrated their commitment to supporting reservists in their workplace. While the awards program does not provide any financial or commercial gain to employers, it does offer the chance to give employers the formal public recognition they deserve.

Privacy statement

Defence collects the personal information requested in this form for the purpose of conducting an Employer Engagement Activity, namely the Employer Support Awards. The information provided will be used to assess an employer’s suitability to receive an award. The information requested is provided voluntarily, and is not required by or under any Australian law.

However, if you do not provide the information requested, your nomination may not be considered. Defence will not disclose the personal information to any marketing organisation or overseas recipient. For further information relating to Defence privacy policy visit Defence Privacy Policy. Complaints about the handling of your personal information can be submitted to defence.privacy@defence.gov.au. Once received, your complaint will be forwarded to the appropriate area within Defence for action.

Important information

This form will be reviewed and assessed against other employers in the same category, by a selection board of senior and executive members of Defence, to determine the winner at both a State/Territory and national level. When submitting your nomination, you should provide relevant information, and examples of how your employer has supported you throughout the submission period.

All nominations are subject to Defence Reserve Service (Protection) Act 2001 checks prior to progressing to the selection board. Should your nomination result in a category win at your State/Territory Employer Support Awards, your nomination will then be considered within the national pool of nominations for the National Employer Support Awards.

It is perfectly acceptable to seek assistance from your chain of command or employer when completing the nomination, to expand and enhance it in ways that will strengthen and differentiate it from other supportive employer nominations.

Service Required

Civilian role Required

Tell us about your civilian role Required

Required

I confirm this is the correct spelling of my organisation and understand this will be printed on any applicable awards

Is your organisation a branch or does your organisation form part of a national organisation? For example, Shell Express as part of Coles Required

Are you nominating the larger entity or the smaller organisation? Why? Required

Click here for further guidance on Award Category

Small Private: Organisations with 0-19 employees that are not state controlled and run by individuals and companies, for profit.
Medium Private: Organisations with 20-199 employees that are not state controlled and run by individuals and companies, for profit.
Large Private: Organisations with 200+ employees that are not state controlled and run by individuals and companies, for profit.
Not for Profit: Organisations that provide services to the community and do not operate to make a profit for its members, or shareholders.
Public Sector: Organisations of federal, state and territory governments which include agencies, statutory bodies and government owned corporations.
Public Sector (Department of Defence): For internal Department of Defence employed reservists only.

Has your organisation been nominated for an ESA in prior years? Required

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I understand that my nomination will be considered in my organisation’s local State/Territory, against other category nominees within that same State/Territory, unless I have chosen to nominate the larger entity, in which case it might be considered in another State/Territory.

Industry Required

Click here for further guidance on industry

Does your employer have a Reserve Leave Policy? E.g. Reserve service leave, top-up pay etc.? Required

Provide details of your employer Reserve Leave Policy Required

As these are personal details, please acknowledge that you have permission from the relevant parties to provide us with the details in this section for the purposes outlined in the privacy statement.

Required

I have permission from the parties detailed in this section to provide these details

Position in organisation Required

Provide a strong example(s) of how your employer has shown commitment and or gone above and beyond to support you, and your Defence service, in the workplace over a sustained period of up to two years, in no more than 200 words.

For example, have changes to rosters or staffing been required? Has your Defence service affected productivity, workloads, sales or profit? Has your employer demonstrated outside the box support to your Defence service?

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Provide a strong example(s) of how your Defence service has contributed to your motivation and effectiveness your primary workplace, in no more than 200 words.

In the latest calendar year, how or to what extent have you been able to apply your training/skills/experience from your Defence service to enhance your effectiveness with your civilian employer?

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In the latest calendar year what commitment did you provide to Defence? In no more than 200 words.

This could include the total number of days and a breakdown by days on various tasks, courses, exercises, deployments etc. Try to avoid acronyms and abbreviations.

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I consent to the collection, usage, storage and disclosure of this information for purposes associated with the proper management of my Employer Support Award nomination and otherwise in connection with the administration of and any action associated with this form.

Date

Declaration full name Required

Complete the steps

About the form
Reservist details
Organisation details
Employer contact details
Nomination response
Declaration

About the form
Reservist details
Organisation details
Employer contact details
Nomination response
Declaration