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Alberta Blue Cross

 

Alberta Blue Cross
Chosen as one of Alberta's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors

Highlights.  Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
  • helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, phased-in work options and contributions to a defined benefit pension plan
  • encourages ongoing skills development with generous tuition subsidies (to $4,000), in-house and online training programs, subsidies for professional accreditation and a formal mentoring program
  • also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $1,000 per child)
  • supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 95% of salary for 5 weeks) and health benefits that extend through their leave
  • offers new employees three weeks of paid vacation allowance, in addition to personal paid days-off and paid time off during the holiday season

Background Information

Industry: Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers Established: 1948 Parent company: ABC Benefits Corporation Full-time employees in Canada: 902 Part-time employees in Canada: 46 Longest serving employee: 39 years Number of applications received at this location last year: 9,700 Average age of all employees: 39
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©2012 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.



   

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