Bahrain's Labour Fund (Tamkeen) said it has won the 'Best Workplace' recognition from the international organization Great Place To Work, as part of the official ranking for the Kingdom of Bahrain for the period from November 2024 to November 2025.
This award comes as a result of Tamkeen’s continuous efforts to build a work environment that fosters productivity and excellence, which the organization has achieved through the adoption of policies that promote equal opportunities, the promotion of flexible work models, and a strong focus on continuous training and development.
Tamkeen said these efforts are rooted in its core institutional values, which include leveraging innovation, enhancing positive impact, fostering effective collaboration among team members, and consistently delivering an exceptional customer experience.
The award was granted based on a trust index and a comprehensive culture review survey conducted among Tamkeen’s team members, gathering feedback on the work environment and the key factors driving institutional performance, it stated.
On the top recognition, Eman Al Sharif, the Chief Human Resources Officer at Tamkeen, said: "We are proud to receive this recognition, which reflects our commitment to building a productive corporate culture and our focus on empowering talent across various roles to play their effective part."
"This contributes to delivering the best solutions and programs that support our main goal of enhancing the status of local talent as the choice for employment in the job market," she stated.
Lauding Tamkeen's achievement, Jules Youssef, the Managing Director of Great Place To Work for Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman, said: "We warmly congratulate Tamkeen on earning the Best Workplace certification in Bahrain. This achievement reflects Tamkeen’s dedication to cultivating a positive and inclusive work environment, fostering a culture that values every team member and instills pride within its workforce.”
"Great Place To Work is one of the world's largest organizations specializing in developing workplace environments and providing consulting services for human capital development across various institutions. The organization also publishes an annual list of the best workplaces worldwide," stated Youssef.
Tamkeen is a leading institution in adopting policies that empower employees and create a work environment based on equal opportunities, adopting flexible work models and launching initiatives that encourage active employee contributions toward achieving institutional goals.
Al Sharif said Tamkeen had previously won the "Innovation in Employee Engagement" award at the 10th Annual GCC Government HR Summit. Additionally, it received the HRH Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa Award for Women's Advancement in the official institutions category.
"This recognition was earned due to Tamkeen's dedication to tailoring internal policies and procedures to enhance the work environment, promote family-work balance, and adopt high levels of institutional flexibility. These efforts ensure greater women's participation and productivity across various roles," she noted.
This achievement in alignment with Tamkeen’s 2024 strategic priorities focused on economic impact and the private sector under three pillars: increasing economic participation through new employment opportunities for new entrants, expanding career development opportunities available to Bahraini workforce, and further developing the private sector by supporting enterprises and boosting productivity and adoption of technology, she added.-TradeArabia News Service
