WASHINGTON: PNG Ports Corporation Limited (PNG Ports) has been recognised as 2016’s Best State Owned Enterprise Employer in Papua New Guinea. The recognition was from the PNG Human Resource Institute during its 2017 annual conference held in Port Moresby last week (18 May). The award was for being a role model organisation and emulating (outdoing) best HR practice in the corporate world.
As an employer striving for excellence in service delivery and wellbeing of its employees, the policies it has in place and which earned it this award include: Employee Relations Policy and Procedures, Employee Benefits and Remuneration Policy and Procedures which guide the conduct and addresses employment conditions of its employees. Managing Director, Stanley Alphonse acknowledged PNGHRI for recognizing PNG Ports’ achievements and said that most of these benefits are provided to the 600 plus employees spread throughout the company’s network of 15 ports in PNG including its head office in Port Moresby. Mr Alphonse congratulated and thanked the staff especially the Human Capital Department for their efforts in upholding the HR policies and facilitating all the mentioned benefits, culminating in the award of recognition as the Best State Owned Enterprise Employer in PNG for the year 2016.
