(From Trade Arabia) -- Aon Hewitt, a global human resources consulting firm, has announced the names of the 'best employers' in the Middle East at an awards ceremony held recently in Dubai.

Microsoft Gulf, Microsoft Egypt, DHL Worldwide Express (Dubai), Oman Insurance Company, Procter and Gamble near east (Beirut) and Fine Hygienic Paper, UAE were adjudged the 2011 best employers.

The representative employee base registered for the study crossed the 120,000 mark, making this Aon Hewitt study one of the largest employee research projects undertaken in the region. Over 50 organisations from across the region took part in the study.

These five best employers in the Middle East have aligned people practices - human resources function was treated as an integral business partner, a statement said.

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