Our partnerships, memberships and relationships
Hays invests in a range of memberships, partnerships and external benchmarking which supports our approach to achieving diversity, equity and inclusion.
Australian Disability Network
Hays is a member of Australian Disability Network - Australia’s peak body helping employers to build the confidence and capability to welcome and include people with disability as employees and as customers. Through this partnership our people have access to Disability Confident Recruiter training.
Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA)
We’re committed to ensuring gender equality at Hays and have achieved targets of gender balanced leadership well ahead of our 2030 goal. Each year Hays reports to the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency which supports the analysis of our data and helps to establish future focus areas.
Headspace
Hays has a longstanding relationship with work and study programs with headspace through our Helping For Your Tomorrow program. We have also joined as expert guest panellists for headspace’s Learning Collective Pride Panel Discussion where our representative shared their experiences and discussed workplace inclusion for the LGBTQIA+ community and support for young people.
Job Access
Hays partners with Job Access by providing meaningful employment opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities.
Mandura
Since 2020, Hays has invested more than $1 million in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned businesses. This includes significant expenditure with Mandura.
Mandura translates as ‘trading place’ in the Jaithmathang Bimble language and is Australia’s foremost Tier 1 First Nations workplace supplies company. Mandura commits to invest 20% of its profits to the Pauline E McLeod Foundation. The Foundation’s focus areas include First Nations mental health, entrepreneurship and education as well as positive employment opportunities for First Nations Australians.
Pride in Diversity
Hays has maintained a long-standing partnership with Pride in Diversity, specialists in HR, organisational change and diversity and aim to improve LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. Through this membership, our people have access to LGBTQ+ inclusion training.
Reconciliation Australia
For years we have developed and fostered partnerships in support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and we are proud of the progress made following the development of our inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan in 2020.
In 2023 we launched our Innovate Reconciliation Plan which reaffirms our commitment to reconciliation and outlines how we will continue to create meaningful, respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that elevates equity and inclusion in our workplace, communities and in society for a just and reconciled future. It also outlines how we will continue to identify opportunities to further the economic and social prosperity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
The Smith Family
As part of the Helping For Your Tomorrow program, we've have partnered with The Smith Family in Australia, a national children's charity with a core purpose to overcome educational inequality that is caused by poverty. Hays supports The Smith Family with fundraising activities across Australia as well as participating in career mentoring opportunities.
Wear It Purple
We know the importance of ensuring inclusive spaces for young people. Hays supports Wear It Purple through fundraising initiatives and raising awareness of this important day of recognition. In 23/24 Hays were one of the top 5 fundraising teams in Australia.