Chosen as one of Alberta's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 95% of salary for 6 weeks) as well as the option to extend their leave through an unpaid leave of absence
helps employees balance work and their personal life with a variety of alternative work arrangements including telecommuting, flexible hours and shortened and compressed work week options
encourages ongoing employee development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, a range of in-house and online training programs and in-house apprenticeship opportunities
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education
in addition to personal paid days-off, new employees start at three weeks of paid vacation allowance
Background Information
Industry:Medical Laboratories.
Established:1996.
Parent company:Alberta Health Services.
Full-time employees in Canada:989.
Part-time employees in Canada:718.
Longest serving employee:43.95 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:2,845.
Average age of all employees:44.08.
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