Chosen as one of Saskatchewan'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, fathers or adoptive parents with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 95% of salary for 21 weeks) and operates an onsite daycare facility for employees to take advantage of upon their return to work
invests in ongoing employee development with subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation, a variety of in-house and online training programs, apprenticeship opportunities and a formal mentoring program
offers compassionate leave top-up payments to employees who are called upon to care for a family member (to 100% of salary for 1 week)
new employees start at three weeks of paid vacation allowance and receive additional paid time off during the holiday season
helps employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance services, phased-in retirement work options, and contributions to defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans
Background Information
Industry:Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Established:1907.
Full-time employees in Canada:4,070.
Part-time employees in Canada:2,426.
Longest serving employee:46 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:6,000.
Average age of all employees:40.86.