Garden and wall at Brant Community Healthcare System
Chosen as one of Hamilton-Niagara'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 generous maternity top-up payments (to 93% for 25 weeks) for new mothers as well as a health benefits plan that extends during their leave
also offers parental leave top-up payments to new fathers and adoptive parents (to 93% for 10 weeks)
supports ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies (to $2500) for courses at outside institutions, subsidies for professional accreditation as well as a variety of in-house and online training initiatives
encourages employees to eat healthy with an onsite cafeteria that offers healthy and special-diet menu items
considers previous work experience when setting vacation entitlements for new but experienced employees -- to a maximum of seven weeks paid vacation for long-serving employees
Background Information
Industry:General Medical and Surgical Hospitals.
Established:1886.
Parent company:Brantford General Hospital.
Full-time employees in Canada:721.
Part-time employees in Canada:527.
Longest serving employee:43 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:4,336.
Average age of all employees:45.
