Employees of the City of Lethbridge at a service recognition ceremony
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 100% of salary for 15 weeks) as well as extended health benefit coverage during their leave
encourages employees to balance work and their personal life through a variety of alternative work arrangements including flexible hours, telecommuting, reduced summer hours and a formal earned days-off program
invests in ongoing employee development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, financial bonuses for some course completion and a range of in-house and online training programs
provides compassionate leave top-up payments to employees who are called upon to care for a loved one (to 100% of salary for 8 weeks)
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan and contributions to a matching RSP plan (depending on their position)
Background Information
Industry:Legislative Bodies.
Established:1906.
Full-time employees in Canada:1,176.
Part-time employees in Canada:382.
Longest serving employee:45 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:5,093.
Average age of all employees:43.
