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British Columbia Institute of Technology

 

British Columbia Institute of Technology
BCIT employees playing sledge hockey
BCIT employees playing sledge hockey
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:
  • offers new employees three weeks of paid vacation, increasing to a maximum of seven weeks for long serving employees
  • provides generous maternity and parental leave top-up payments for new mothers (up to 95% of salary for 37 weeks) as well as parental leave top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents
  • helps employees to balance their personal and working lives through a variety of alternative work options including flexible work hours, telecommuting, 35-hour work week (with full pay), compressed and shortened work week options, and a formal earned days off program
  • invests in employees' ongoing development with tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions, subsidies for professional accreditation, and financial bonuses for course completion
  • encourages employees to plan for life after work with generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan (with employer contributions of up to 9.79% of salary)

Background Information

Industry: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools Established: 1960 Full-time employees in Canada: 1,726 Full-time at this location: 1,576 Part-time employees in Canada: 941 Longest serving employee: 44 years Number of applications received at this location last year: 10,886 Average age of all employees: 48
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©2012 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.



   

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