Hershey Canada employee with family at company holiday event
Chosen as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
lets everyone share in the company's success with a share purchase plan that is available to all employees
offers additional financial rewards including signing bonuses for some, bonuses for employees who refer a candidate that is successfully hired by the company (to $1,000) and year-end bonuses available to all
supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 100% of salary for 17 weeks) and provides parental leave top-up to adoptive parents (to 70% of salary for 17 weeks) along with a subsidy to help cover the costs of adoption (to $5,000 per child)
encourages ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions, in-house and online training programs and subsidies for professional accreditation
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $3,000 per child)
Background Information
Industry:Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:HSY.
Established:1962.
Parent company:The Hershey Company.
Full-time employees in Canada:216.
Full-time worldwide:11,107.
Part-time employees in Canada:85.
Longest serving employee:31 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:1,500.
Average age of all employees:43.9.
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