The Labour Department firstly launched the Good Employer Charter in 2017 to encourage employers to adopt employee-oriented good human resource management practices.

Signatories of the Good Employer Charter made a pledge to be an employee-oriented employer and has adopted the good human resource management practices of four different areas including:

• Employment practices to care for employees;
• Practices to promote work-family / work-life balance;
• Employee benefits that are better than statutory requirements; and
• Good communication with employees or their organisation(s).

The Labour Department launched the 3^rd term of Good Employer Charter (Charter 2024) in order to encourage employers to formulate suitable family-friendly employment policies to create a family-friendly harmonious workplace.

Results of the Charter 2024 was announced in September 2024. Around 1 600 organisations became the signatories (Please This link will open in a new windowclick here for the List of Signatories). Apart from being awarded the Certificate, the signatories are authorised to use the Charter 2024 logo in their letterheads, publications and promotional materials for two years (until September 2026).

Details of next term of Good Employer Charter will be announced in the fourth quarter of 2025. If your organisation is interested in joining fleet of “Good Employer”, please stay tuned to this webpage!