Chosen as one of National Capital Region'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 and parental leave top-up payments (to 88% of salary for 27 weeks) and parental top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents (to 88% of salary for 10 weeks)
invests in ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies for job-related courses, financial bonuses for some courses completion and subsidies for professional accreditation
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $1,000 per child)
helps older employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, a transitional work program that allows employees to gradually reduce their hours and contributions to a defined benefit pension plan
is a strong advocate of conservation in the National Capital region, maintaining a unique in-house "Companies for Conservation" awards program to encourage its customers to reduce their own environmental footprints
Background Information
Industry:Electric Power Distribution.
Established:2000.
Parent company:Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc..
Full-time employees in Canada:604.
Part-time employees in Canada:17.
Longest serving employee:38.9 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:4,979.
Average age of all employees:45.
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