Chosen as one of Alberta's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
the campus features several onsite amenities including a fully-equipped fitness facility, employee lounge, quiet room for meditation or religious observance and nap room for employees who need a quick break during the busy day
invests in ongoing employee development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, a range of in-house and online training options and a formal mentoring program
supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 95% of salary for 25 weeks) and parental leave top-up for new fathers and adoptive parents (to 95% of salary for 10 weeks)
also operates subsidized daycare facilities onsite for employees with young children and provides an offsite daycare subsidy (to $2,000 per child) for employees looking for care closer to home
encourages employees to prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, a transitional work program that allows employees to gradually decrease their hours and generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan (contributions vary depending on position)
Background Information
Industry:Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Established:1908.
Full-time employees in Canada:8,340.
Full-time at this location:8,145.
Part-time employees in Canada:6,978.
Longest serving employee:45 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:42,065.
Average age of all employees:46.
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