Canadian HR Reporter

hrawards.ca 29 SIGNATURE SPONSOR CANADIAN HR TEAM OF THE YEAR (RETAIL/HOSPITALITY) ABOUT THE AWARD The retail and hospitality industries have unique needs when it comes to HR services. This award recognizes the most outstanding HR team of the year within retail or hospitality that has excelled within combatting these unique challenges, using innovative means. This team has excelled within the HR function and across their business as a whole, by partnering with different business functions. This award focuses on the team's collaborative approach to the HR function as a whole. FINALISTS Giant Tiger Stores Limited Tim Hortons Foundation Camps GOLD WINNER Rexall Pharmacy Group Ltd. SILVER WINNER SEPHORA CANADA It takes a closely connected HR team to inspire culture across an organization of 8000+ employees. At Rexall, our HR Team set out on a mission united, driven, and #ALLin. Understanding that each sub-discipline within HR has a unique measure to track progress, employee engagement is our core metric to better understand employee sentiment, and to continue to evolve to meet the broad expectations of an engaged workforce. Living Our ICARE and ILEAD Values: When we say we are #ALLin, we mean it! Guided by our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and the principles of engaging, educating, and enabling the Rexall Way, every day, our team sets out to serve the organization. It's with thanks to the collective efforts of the Total Rewards team, our HR Business Partnerships, and the Talent Management team that we can pause to celebrate being recognized as the 2020 Canadian HR Team of the Year (Retail/ Hospitality), and fuel us to move forward united, with a continued dedication to bringing employee engagement to life for Rexall #ALLTogether! At Sephora, our people are what sets us apart. Our aspiration is simple- Be a Great Place to Work, across our stores and offices. Many foundational tactics anchored on this aspiration, were deployed in 2019 through strategic investments in several programs and initiatives- Total Rewards, skills and leadership development, social impact initiatives. The pandemic created an opportunity to lead through values and to innovate, and we fully embraced it, Sephora style! Here are some accomplishments we are particularly proud of: • In less than a week, we transitioned 100% of store leadership and office to virtual work! • We launched a Together@home communications app within weeks of store and corporate closures to streamline communication and fuel engagement. As a result, we continuously engaged 3,000 users, or 94% of our workforce with curated, on demand content. • We pivoted to digital and self-guided learning with Learning@home • We launched 100% digital Learning Labs for our offices, creating learning & development opportunities across all levels and filled over 400 seats • We created frequent communication forums with executive leadership– and furthered connection in addition to delivering relevant updates • We supported our store and offices reopening with "There is beauty in putting yourself first" mental health campaign and introduced virtual medical care to all employees. We helped the organization operate with agility, empathy and resilience and promoted new ways of working and connecting. In a difficult year, we embraced our talents' unique and winning spirit, built authentic connections and cultivated agility. GOLD WINNER REXALL PHARMACY GROUP LTD.

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