By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
helps employees balance their working and personal lives through a variety of alternative working options, including telecommuting, shortened and compressed work week options and reduced summer hours
encourages ongoing employee education and development through generous tuition subsidies (to $7,500) and subsidies for professional accreditation
supports new mothers and fathers (including adoptive parents) with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 80% for 15 weeks) as well as the option to extend their leave into a unpaid leave of absence
ensures that employees plan for life after work through retirement planning assistance, generous contributions to a defined contribution pension plan, phased-in retirement work options, and a health benefits plan that extends into their retirement years (with no age limit)
Background Information
Industry:Elementary and Secondary Schools.
Established:1930.
Full-time employees in Canada:241.
Part-time employees in Canada:9.
Longest serving employee:34 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:1,200.
Average age of all employees:44.
