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British Columbia Institute of Technology
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Annual farmer's market at BCIT
Chosen as one of British Columbia's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
- employees may take advantage of a variety of onsite amenities including free access to a fitness facility (with state-of-the-art exercise equipment, sauna and basketball court), quiet room for meditation and religious observance, employee lounge and cafeteria with healthy and special diet menus
- helps older employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance and phased-in work options -- also helps them to save for the future with generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan
- new employees start at three weeks of paid vacation allowance to start, moving to seven weeks for long serving employees
- supports employees who are new mothers with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 75% of salary for 52 weeks) as well as parental top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents (to 75% of salary for 37 weeks), depending on employee group
- the institute-subsidized social committee organizes a number of events throughout the year such as a Farmer's Market, employee breakfasts, and an "Endless Mile Spin-A-Thon" where participants use stationary bikes to raise awareness of green matters and to raise fund for the institute's student's emergency food fund
Background Information
Industry:
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Major Canadian hiring locations:
Burnaby BC, Richmond BC, North Vancouver BC, Vancouver BC.
Established:
1960.
Full-time employees in Canada:
1,738.
Full-time at this location:
1,637.
Part-time employees in Canada:
1,061.
Longest serving employee:
45 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:
10,208.
Average age of all employees:
48.2.
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