BC Hydro employees participating in Aboriginal ceremonies
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:
provides maternity leave top-up payments for new mothers (to 85% of salary for 17 weeks) and the option to extend their maternity leave into an unpaid leave of absence
offers employees up to 17 paid personal days off each year and provides them with the option to 'cash-out' unused days as taxable income or to use for the 'purchase' of additional health benefits coverage
reaches-out to younger workers through a paid internship program and manages a technologist-in-training program for candidates in the engineering, operations and electrical systems maintenance and repair fields and hosts in-house apprenticeship programs for graduates from a wide variety of technical fields
encourages ongoing employees development with generous tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions, in-house and online training programs, and subsidies for professional accreditation
offers a range of onsite amenities including a fitness facility with massage therapy and physiotherapy services, a quiet room for meditation or religious observance, and a cafeteria with subsidized meals
helps employees prepare for retirement with generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan and a phased-in retirement work option that allows employees to gradually decrease their hours
Background Information
Industry:Hydroelectric Power Generation.
Established:1860.
Parent company:Victoria Gas Company.
Full-time employees in Canada:5,911.
Part-time employees in Canada:126.
Longest serving employee:50 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:26,079.
Average age of all employees:43.8.
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