H&M Canada is being recognized as a Great Place to Work(R)

TORONTO, April 25, 2016 -- H &M is being recognized as one of this year's Best Workplaces in Canada. This prestigious award has now been provided to H &M Canada for two years running. New for H &M this year was also making the list of top employers in the country for women.

H &M Canada's commitment to a Great Place to Work is possible by listening to our employee feedback to make positive impacts to our organization. H &M's values come together to form a workplace where everyone can work together at a fast pace and rely on each individual's unique knowledge and capabilities. H &M believes in early responsibility and from day one fosters an environment where it is possible to grow internally in a career in retail based on each employee's individual strengths.

"At H &M we believe that our people are one of our greatest strengths. We owe much of our success and growth to our colleagues. We truly believe that working at H &M is not just a job but a long term career," says Toni Galli, Country Manager H &M Canada. "We are honoured to once again be recognized as part of this prestigious list" she adds.

This list of "Best Workplaces in Canada" is compiled by Great Place to Work^® Institute Canada.  The competition process is based on two criteria: two-thirds of the total score comes from a 58-statement survey completed by a random selection of employees, along with their open-ended comments about their organization; the remaining one-third of the score comes from an in-depth review of the organization's culture, including an evaluation of HR policies and procedures. This offers a rigorous representation of the organization from an employee perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture. Together, they provide crucial data relative to the five trust-building dimensions of a great place to work^®: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie.

This year's list received over 300 nominations and over 60,000 employees participated in the 2016 "Best Workplaces in Canada" survey. 

About the Great Place to WorkInstitute: Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. We are a research and consulting firm whose mission is to build a better society by helping companies transform their workplaces. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and employer branding programs, including workplace certification and Best Workplaces lists, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In Canada, Great Place to Work® produces the annual 100 Best Workplaces list, released in a national feature in the Globe and Mail. This is part of the world's largest annual workplace study, which culminates in a series of national lists in almost 50 countries, including the study's flagship list of 100 Best companies published annually in Fortune magazine. Globally, this survey represents the voices of 11 million employees, including approximately 300,000 from Canada alone. It's what makes this study so credible: the primary determinant used in selecting winners is an employee survey. There's only one way to get on this list – and that's if your employees put you there.

For information on Great Place to Work® Institute please visit: www.greatplacetowork.ca 
 
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was founded in Sweden in 1947 and is quoted on Nasdaq Stockholm. H &M's business idea is to offer fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way. In addition to H &M, the group includes the brands & Other Stories, Cheap Monday, COS, Monki and Weekday as well as H &M Home. The H &M Group has more than 3,700 stores in 61 markets including franchise markets. In 2014, sales including VAT were SEK 177billion and the number of employees is more than 132,000. For further information, visit hm.com.                                          

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