BC Housing Management Commission employee hired through the company's aboriginal skills training program
Chosen as one of BC's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
supports new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 85% of salary for 15 weeks), which is followed-up with parental leave top-up payments (to 75% of salary for 35 weeks)
also extends parental leave top-up payments to new fathers and adoptive parents (to 75% of salary for 35 weeks)
encourages ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies, subsidies for professional accreditation, in-house and online training programs, a formal mentoring program and career planning services
provides compassionate leave top-up payments to employees who are caring for a family member (to 100% of salary for 1 week)
helps employees maintain work-life balance with a variety of alternative work arrangements including flexible work hours, telecommuting, 35-hour work week (with full pay) and a formal earned days off program
helps older workers prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, phased-in retirement work options and generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan
Background Information
Industry:Administration of Housing Programs.
Established:1967.
Parent company:Crown Agency of the Province of British Columbia.
Full-time employees in Canada:625.
Full-time at this location:374.
Part-time employees in Canada:5.
Longest serving employee:33.37 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:22,074.
Average age of all employees:43.39.
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