Chosen as one of Atlantic Canada's Top Employers and Nova Scotia's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
an enlightened employer that starts new employees at four weeks of paid vacation allowance, in addition to personal paid days off
invests in ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions, subsidies for professional accreditation and a variety of in-house and online training programs
supports employees who are new mothers with maternity-leave top-up payments (to 93% of salary for 15 weeks) as well as a variety of flexible work arrangements for when they are ready to return to work
also provides parental leave top-up payments to employees who are new fathers or adoptive parents (to 93% of salary for 10 weeks)
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan and health benefit coverage that extends to retirees
Background Information
Industry:General Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Established:2001.
Full-time employees in Canada:1,031.
Part-time employees in Canada:630.
Longest serving employee:42 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:6,340.
Average age of all employees:44.
