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Export Development Canada / EDC

 

Export Development Canada / EDC
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:
  • encourages ongoing employee development and learning with tuition subsidies, subsidies for professional accreditation, in-house and online training initiatives (including several language programs), an online employee skills inventory, and a formal mentoring program
  • supports new mothers with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 95% of salary for 26 weeks) as well as parental leave top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents (to 95% of salary for 18 weeks)
  • also supports employees with older children with post-secondary academic scholarships (up to $2,500 per year)
  • offers great financial benefits including new employee referral bonuses, year-end bonuses available to all employees, and a defined benefit pension plan for retiring employees
  • provides compassionate leave top-up payments (to 95% of salary for 8 weeks) to employees who are caring for a family member

Background Information

Industry: International Trade Financing Established: 1944 Full-time employees in Canada: 1,141 Full-time at this location: 1,033 Full-time worldwide: 1,152 Part-time employees in Canada: 33 Longest serving employee: 34 years Number of applications received at this location last year: 27,210 Average age of all employees: 45
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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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