Chosen as one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
supports employees who are new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (to 95% of salary for 17 weeks) and manages an onsite daycare centre which they can take advantage of upon their return
also provides paternity top-up to employees who are new fathers or adoptive parents (to 95% of salary for 17 weeks)
encourages ongoing skills development with tuition subsidies for job-related courses, in-house and online training programs and subsidies for professional accreditation
helps employees prepare for life after work with phased-in retirement work options that allow employees to gradually leave the workforce and contributions to a defined benefit pension plan
Background Information
Industry:Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Established:1964.
Full-time employees in Canada:3,891.
Full-time at this location:3,588.
Part-time employees in Canada:4,083.
Longest serving employee:44 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:13,400.
Average age of all employees:34.6.