Twelve Irish companies have made it into the top 100 best workplaces in the European Union.
The firms are Abbott Laboratories Ireland, Boston Scientific, Tullamore, Brightwater, BUPA Ireland, CB Richard Ellis Gunne, Clontarf Castle Hotel, Diageo Ireland, EBS Building Society, GE Commercial Aviation Services, Microsoft Ireland, O2 Ireland and the Hilton Hotel, Dublin.
Boston Scientific, Tullamore and Microsoft Ireland were also listed in the top ten.
The competition is an European Commission initiative to reward firms in which employees are provided with a good work environment and to encourage other organisations to do likewise.
Almost 1,000 firms entered including companies, nonprofit entities and state enterprises from 15 EU member states.
Each organisation submitted a questionnaire that detailed its human resources practices, and members of staff were selected at random to complete a confidential questionnaire outlining their experiences of working in the organisation.