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University of British Columbia

 

University of British Columbia
UBC employee
UBC employee
Chosen as one of BC's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors

Highlights.  Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
  • provides maternity leave top-up payments (that vary with employee group) for new mothers and offers the convenience of subsidized daycare on its main campus when new parents are ready to return to work
  • also supports employees with older children through a generous post-secondary academic scholarship program
  • helps employees balance their working and personal lives through a variety of alternative work arrangements, including flexible hours, telecommuting, 35-hour work week (with full pay), shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), and compressed work week options
  • depending on the employee group, new employees receive four weeks paid vacation, moving to a maximum of six weeks for long-serving employees
  • encourages ongoing employee development with tuition subsides, in-house and online training programs, a formal mentoring program and subsidies for professional accreditation

Background Information

Industry: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools Established: 1908 Full-time employees in Canada: 10,612 Full-time at this location: 9,909 Part-time employees in Canada: 12,475 Longest serving employee: 43 years Number of applications received at this location last year: 70,039 Average age of all employees: 36
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©2012 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.





   

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