Novo Nordisk Canada employees at off-site team meeting
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:
supports employees who are new mothers or adoptive parents with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 100% of salary for 21 weeks) as well as extended health benefit coverage during their leave
encourages employees to balance work and their personal life through a variety of alternative work arrangements including a formal earned days-off program, telecommuting, flexible hours and a compressed work week option
invests in ongoing employee development with generous tuition subsidies for job-related courses (to $6,800), financial bonuses for some course completion and subsidies for professional accreditation
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $2,500 per child)
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, phased-in retirement work options and generous contributions to matching RSP plan (to 8% of salary)
Background Information
Industry:Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:NVO-N.
Established:1923.
Parent company:Novo Nordisk A/S.
Full-time employees in Canada:232.
Full-time at this location:113.
Full-time worldwide:30,483.
Part-time employees in Canada:4.
Longest serving employee:29 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:521.
Average age of all employees:42.1.
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