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McGill University
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Outside view of McGill University
Chosen as one of Montreal's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
- supports ongoing employee development with a range of in-house training programs, career planning services, and tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions
- provides maternity and parental leave top-up payments to employees who are new mothers or adoptive parents and also offers extended health benefits throughout the duration of their leave
- helps employees achieve work-life balance through a variety of alternative work arrangements including flexible hours, shortened work week option, telecommuting and reduced summer hours
- encourages employees to keep fit with subsidized membership to the University's fully-equipped athletics centre, which includes instructor-led classes, swimming pool, an all-season field house, skating arena and sports medicine clinic
- created the position of Environmental Officer to oversee environmental and sustainability initiatives on campus and launched the "Rethink McGill" strategy to encourage employees, faculty and students to explore ways to reduce the University's energy consumption
- and even offers homegrown organic food to students and employees across campus and hosts monthly "Local Food Days" that feature local products
- encourages employees to save for the future with generous contributions to a defined contribution pension plan and helps older workers transition to retirement with phased-in work options and retirement planning assistance
Background Information
Industry:
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Established:
1821.
Full-time employees in Canada:
5,764.
Part-time employees in Canada:
1,325.
Longest serving employee:
60 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:
5,117.
Average age of all employees:
44.
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