Chosen as one of Atlantic Canada's Top Employers and Nova Scotia's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
lets everyone share in the company's success with profit-sharing and a share purchase plan available to all employees
supports employees who are new mothers, fathers and adoptive parents with parental leave top-up payments (to 100% of salary for 2 weeks) and also offers adoptive parents subsidies to help cover the cost of adoption (to $2,000 per child)
encourages ongoing employee development through tuition subsidies for job-related courses, online training programs and subsidies for professional accreditation
also manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary education (to $1,500 per child)
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance and contributions to a matching RSP plan (to 2.5% of salary)
Background Information
Industry:Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:ULE.
Established:1947.
Parent company:Ultra Electronics Holdings Plc.
Full-time employees in Canada:153.
Full-time worldwide:179.
Part-time employees in Canada:10.
Longest serving employee:44 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:1,675.
Average age of all employees:47.
