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Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta

 
Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta
Fitness facility at WCB
Fitness facility at WCB
Chosen as one of Alberta's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors

Highlights.  Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
  • provides great financial benefits including referral bonuses for employees who refer a candidate that is successfully hired by the company (to $1,500)
  • also encourages employees to save for the future with generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan, and helps older workers prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance and phased-in work options
  • invests in continued skills development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, financial bonuses for some course completion, leadership training and formal mentoring
  • and even manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $1,000 per child)
  • offers compassionate leave top-up payments to employees who are called upon to care for a loved one (to 95% of salary for 8 weeks)

Background Information

Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs) Major Canadian hiring locations: Calgary AB, Edmonton AB Established: 1918 Full-time employees in Canada: 1,705 Full-time at this location: 1,550 Part-time employees in Canada: 120 Longest serving employee: 39 years Number of applications received at this location last year: 9,674 Average age of all employees: 43
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©2013 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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