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The George Morris Centre for Agri-Food Research and Education
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Employees of the George Morris Centre for Agri-Food Research and Education
Chosen as one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
- is a rare smaller employer that encourages employees to save for life after work through matching RSP contributions (to 5% of salary)
- offers maternity and parental leave top-up payments to employees who are new mothers, fathers or adoptive parents (to 90% of salary for 17 weeks) and extended health benefits coverage during their leave
- helps employees balance work and their personal life through a variety of alternative work arrangements, including flexible hours, telecommuting and shortened and compressed work week options
- encourages ongoing employee development through in-house training programs, tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions and subsidies for professional accreditation
- in an effort to reduce paper usage, the Centre sends out electronic Christmas cards every year and donates the money saved to food banks across the country
Background Information
Industry:
Other Management Consulting Services.
Major Canadian hiring locations:
Guelph ON.
Established:
1990.
Full-time employees in Canada:
11.
Part-time employees in Canada:
3.
Longest serving employee:
22 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:
78.
Average age of all employees:
44.
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