On Monday, The Top Employers Institute, a global certifier recognising excellence in employee conditions, officially certified 73 organisations as Top Employers UK 2015 at an exclusive ceremony at London’s Old Billingsgate.
The Top Employers certification is only awarded to organisations that achieve the highest standards of excellence in employee conditions. Amongst the 2015 list of recipients, Rider Levett Bucknall, J D Wetherspoon, and Saffery Champness celebrated being certified over ten times, seven new companies received the certification, and Manchester Metropolitan University were welcomed as the first UK University to ever receive the Top Employers certification. See full list of all 73 certified companies below. The annual research, undertaken by the Top Employers Institute, recognises leading employers around the world by assessing employee offerings across nine topics; Talent Strategy, Workforce Planning, On-boarding, Learning & Development, Performance Management, Leadership Development, Career & Succession Management, Compensation & Benefits and Culture. Following validation and an external audit, performance scores are rated against an International standard. Only employers that achieve the required level qualify for the exclusive certification.
Eleanor Nickerson, Director of UK Operations for the Top Employers Institute, says:“We’re especially excited to certify these 73 companies this year, because we toughened the application process significantly. It’s great to welcome back long-term participating companies – we have had 66 companies gain certification more than once, with a whopping 18 of these achieving it more than 5 times. It’s a real joy to see these companies grow, but it’s also a validation of the benefit of participating”
Certified Top Employers UK 2015:
AB InBev UK Ltd
Abbott Laboratories Limited
AkzoNobel
Alphabet (GB) Ltd
ARM
ASDA
Avanade UK LTD
Barchester Healthcare
Bentley Motors
British American Tobacco UK
Bureau Veritas UK
CGI UK
Chiesi
Cognizant
The Co-operative Group
DFS
DHL Express UK
Dimension Data
East Coast Main Line
Eni International Resources Ltd
ERIKS UK
Estée Lauder Companies UK
FedEx Express
Fidessa
Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK
Harrods
HCL Technologies
HEINEKEN UK
Homes for Haringey
IG
InterContinental Hotels Group Corporate
J D Wetherspoon
John Lewis Partnership
JTI
KFC
LeasePlan UK
Lloyd's of London~
Manchester Metropolitan University
McDonald's UK
Molson Coors Brewing Co (UK) Ltd
Nice-Pak International
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Olympus KeyMed
Orange Business Services
PepsiCo UK & Ireland
Philip Morris International
Phoenix Group
Quest Diagnostics
QVC
Rentokil Initial plc
Rider Levett Bucknall UK
RM
Roche Products
RWE npower
SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd
Sacker & Partners LLP
Saffery Champness
Saint-Gobain
Santander
SAP UKI Ltd
STANLEY Security
Tata Consultancy Services
Technip UK
Tesco
Travis Perkins
UniCredit Bank
Valeo UK
Vauxhall Motors
Virtusa UK
Volkswagen Group UK Ltd
VSG
Weightmans LLP
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