KappAhl - one of the five best workplaces in Sweden
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - The weekly magazine Veckans Affärer has named Sweden's bestworkplaces in terms of gender distribution, percentage of femalemanagers, gender equality goals and wage dispersion. KappAhl, as theonly company from western Sweden and the only fashion company, isamong the five best, with no internal ranking."This is fantastic and we are very proud. We have made a consciouseffort, and our hard work has brought results," says Kajsa Räftegård,KappAhl's Human Resources and Public Relations Vice President.For the first time Veckans Affärer has compiled a comprehensive listof Sweden's best workplaces. 112 companies responded to a verydetailed survey of how companies take their employees' life situationinto consideration. An assessment was made on the basis of suchthings as the gender distribution of managers, wage dispersion,percentage of women with permanent full time positions and genderequality goals.Veckans Affärer's motivation regarding KappAhl was:"One of the best companies for women to work in, they have thehighest percentage of women at managerial level and the best wagedispersion. KappAhl tops up parental insurance, has a parent-friendlymeetings policy and gender equality goals.""It is particularly pleasing that a company in the retail trade isbeing rewarded. KappAhl works from a long-term perspective withleadership development and career opportunities, and we put greatemphasis on creating a workplace that encourages creative ideas. Oursuccess comes from a culture that balances high standards withflexibility of working hours and meeting procedures," says KajsaRäftegård.KappAhl will be presented together with the other four qualifyingcompanies; Johnson & Johnson, Polarbröd, SEB and Tre, at a ceremonytoday, Wednesday, 18 November at 14.30 at Audi Forum,Kungsträdgårdsgatan 18.For further information, please contact:Kajsa Räftegård, VP Human Resources & Public Tel. +46 704 71 56 49RelationsAnnette Björklund, Head Public Relations Tel. +46 704 71 56 31KappAhl is a leading fashion chain with more than 300 stores and4 300 employees in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland and the CzechRepublic. KappAhl sells value-for-money fashion with a wide appeal -to women, men and children - and focuses in particular on women aged30-50. All clothes are from our own designers. In the twelve-monthperiod ending 31 August 2009 KappAhl's net sales were approximatelySEK 5 billion and operating profit was SEK 526 million. KappAhl is alisted company. In 1999 KappAhl was the first fashion chain to beenvironmentally certified. Further information is available atwww.kappahl.com and financial information at www.kappahl.com/ir.http://hugin.info/136331/R/1355740/329206.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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