Chosen as one of Hamilton-Niagara's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
encourages ongoing employee development through tuition subsidies (up to 100% of tuition) for courses taken at outside institutions, subsidies for professional accreditation as well as in-house and online training initiatives
provides fertility drug treatments through its health benefits plan (to $10,000) and offers maternity leave top-up payments (to 100% of salary for 6 weeks) for new mothers as well as health benefits that extend during their leave
and leaves employees with no excuses for not properly insulating their homes with generous discounts on its primary product
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance as well as a defined contribution pension plan and matching RSP contributions
Background Information
Industry:Mineral Wool Manufacturing.
:Publicly traded.
Established:1988.
Parent company:Rockwool International A/S.
Full-time employees in Canada:384.
Full-time at this location:213.
Full-time worldwide:8,800.
Longest serving employee:23 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:2,013.
Average age of all employees:44.
