Chosen as one of National Capital Region's Top Employers for 2011:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
provides employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 93% of salary for 17 weeks) and parental leave for adoptive parents (to 93% of salary for 12 weeks)
invests in ongoing employee development with generous tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions and subsidies for professional accreditation
starts employees at three weeks paid vacation and even offers a five day marriage leave for newlyweds as well as up to five days to take care of family responsibilities
depending on employee group, offers a variety of financial bonuses and savings plans, including contributions to defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans
works closely with Santa Claus, managing the popular Santa letter-writing tradition for more than a quarter of a century
hosts longstanding hockey and curling tournaments that bring employees from across Canada together for weekends of fun and fundraising for charity
Background Information
Industry:Postal Service.
Established:1851.
Full-time employees in Canada:60,354.
Full-time at this location:2,040.
Part-time employees in Canada:13,733.
Longest serving employee:57 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:18,390.
Average age of all employees:44.
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