Chosen as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
unique head office that features several onsite amenities including a fully-equipped fitness facility with free membership, employee lounge, quiet room for meditation and religious observance and cafeteria with healthy and special diet menus
supports employees who are new or adoptive mothers with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 90% of salary for 17 weeks) as well as a variety of flexible work arrangements for when they are ready to return to work
encourages ongoing employee development through generous tuition subsidies, in-house and online training, formal mentoring program and subsidies for professional accreditation
also manages a generous academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (up to $12,000 per child)
helps employees prepare for life after work with contributions to a matching RSP as well as a defined benefit pension plan and health benefit coverage that extends into retirement (with no age limit)
Background Information
Industry:Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:BDX.
Established:1951.
Parent company:Becton Dickinson & Company.
Full-time employees in Canada:551.
Full-time at this location:242.
Part-time employees in Canada:1.
Longest serving employee:31 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:700.
Average age of all employees:41.78.
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