Nomination Process

To qualify for any of the European lists of Best Workplaces, your organisation must have a minimum of 50 full- and part-time employees in the country where nomination is made. Any organisation publicly quoted, privately held, non-profit, or governmental agency can participate.

The candidates for the European List of 100 Best Workplaces are selected at the national level. Candidates who appear on one of the National Best Workplace Lists will automatically be considered for the European 100 Best Workplaces List.

Nominations for any of the European "Best Workplaces" lists are accepted at any time. However, to be considered for the following year's lists of Best Workplaces in Europe, nominations must be received according to the deadlines of national lists.

An organisation cannot participate when it is going through a significant merger or acquisition adding 25% or more to its full- and part-time employees in the country. Typically companies must also apply on behalf of the whole organisation where similar workplace cultures exist (i.e., subsidiaries of larger organisations are typically only eligible for participation along with the parent organisation).

A Multinational company can appear on the European List as a multinational if at least two of its national subsidiaries appear on a national list and more than 50% of the company's employees throughout Europe are subject to the random employee survey sampling.

In order for an organisation to be considered, we require the consent of the organisation's leadership. After we receive your nomination(s), we will contact you if we have any further questions or to notify you if your company has been accepted as a candidate.

We ask each organisation to do the following as part of the evaluation: