The Sunday Times Best Places to Work, powered by WorkL

Entries for 2025 are now live and close on 31st March 2025.

Entries for the 2024 awards are now closed. The 2024 results are now live on The Sunday Times website.

Awards for the best small, medium, big and very big organisations plus best workplaces for women, LGBTQ+ community, disabled employees, ethnic minorities, younger and older workers and for wellbeing.

Receive employee insights instantly via a dynamic dashboard including benchmark industry data, flight risk and net promoter score.

And receive a 12 month subscription to The Times and Sunday Times.

How to enter The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards, Powered by WorkL

Enter The Sunday Times Best Places to Work, powered by WorkL

Attract, recruit and retain employees and receive 12 month free digital subscription to The Times and The Sunday Times. Click Enter Now to sign up, then follow this simple four-step guide:

1. Select your organisation size

Select if you are a small, medium, big or very big organisation based on your number of employees.

2. Set up your Survey

Select when you’d like your survey to start end and how many employees you have.

3. Purchase your Awards package

Pay by card or generate an invoice to purchase your package and be able to send your survey out.

4. You're entered!

Once your survey results have been collected and the entry period closes, our panel of experts will evaluate your results and determine the final lists, based on organisation size.

The process will only take no more than 10 minutes and you will need your company card or relevant details to generate an invoice.

The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards, powered by WorkL FAQs

  • Get recognition by the Sunday Times and WorkL for the employee experience you provide
  • Retain employees and attract new talent
  • Build your brand as a great place to work
  • Receive granular data on how your employees are feeling about your organisation, including flight risk, net promoter score, employee matrices and an option to add Instant Action SoftwareTM, word clouds and filtering responses by demographics
  • Receive a complimentary rolling subscription for The Times and the Sunday Times
    • Unrivalled business coverage, with news, analysis and comment on UK and international markets to ensure you’re always in the know
    • Briefing emails and access to the biggest business section across all UK newspapers every day
  • Each organisation will receive access to their own dynamic dashboard with their engagement survey results.
  • Organisations will receive an overall score, scores for the six engagement drivers, but also action plans and resources to drive change in your organisation.

The 31 survey questions measure employee experience, covering WorkL’s six key drivers of engagement; Reward and Recognition, Information Sharing, Empowerment, Pride, Job Satisfaction and Wellbeing. If you need more information about the specific questions please contact us on stbestplacestowork@workl.com.

  • The awards close on the 31st March 2025.
  • Therefore, survey completion for the 2025 awards is required by midnight on the 31st March
  • All successful entrants will be listed in both print and digital
  • There are 11 categories:
    • Best Places to Work: Small Organisation (10-49 Employees)
    • Best Places to Work: Medium Organisation (50-249 Employees)
    • Best Places to Work: Big Organisation (250-1,999 Employees)
    • Best Places to Work: Very Big Organisation (2,000+ Employees)
    • Best Places to Work for women
    • Best Places to Work for disabled employees
    • Best Places to Work for ethnic minority employees
    • Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ employees
    • Best Places to Work for 16-34 year olds
    • Best Places to Work for 55+ year olds
    • Best Places to Work for employee wellbeing
  • Each organisation will receive access to their own dynamic dashboard with their engagement survey results.
    • Small Organisations (10-49 Employees): £900 + VAT
    • Medium Organisations (50-249 Employees): £1,800 + VAT
    • Big Organisations (250-1,999 Employees): £3,600 + VAT
    • Very Big Organisations (2,000+ Employees): £5,400 + VAT

Please note:

  • All editorial decisions are made and managed by The Sunday Times and the above categories may change at a short notice.
  • Communication about any changes will be made and managed by The Sunday Times.
  • The Sunday Times may conduct background checks on all potential Award Winners and reserves the right to veto inclusion of certain organisations at their own discretion.

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