Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Chosen as one of National Capital Region's Top Employers for 2011:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
provides maternity and parental leave top-up payments for new mothers (to 82% of salary for 27 weeks) and operates an onsite daycare facility to help ease the transition back to work after their leave
also provides new fathers and adoptive parents with parental leave top-up payments (to 82% of salary for 10 weeks)
encourages ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions, subsidies for professional accreditation, in-house training programs, and also offers generous post-secondary academic scholarships for children of employees
helps employees plan for the longer term with contributions to a defined contribution pension plan, retirement planning assistance, as well as a transitional work program that allows employees to gradually reduce their work hours
provides compassionate leave top-up payments (to 100% of salary for 1 week) for employees who are caring for a family member
Background Information
Industry:Professional Organizations.
Established:1911.
Full-time employees in Canada:81.
Part-time employees in Canada:3.
Longest serving employee:38 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:271.
Average age of all employees:44.6.
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