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:
new employees start at three weeks of paid vacation allowance and receive additional paid days-off throughout the year
provides great financial rewards including signing bonuses for some employees, referral bonuses (up to $1,500) and year-end bonuses that are available to all employees
offers maternity leave top-up payments to employees who are new mothers (up to 95% of salary for 17 weeks) and provides support through extended health benefit coverage during their leave
encourages ongoing employee development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, in-house training and a formal mentoring program
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan and health benefit coverage that is available to retirees
Background Information
Industry:Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities.
Established:2008.
Parent company:Alberta Government.
Full-time employees in Canada:133.
Full-time at this location:102.
Part-time employees in Canada:8.
Longest serving employee:32 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:1,500.
Average age of all employees:44.
