Chosen as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
helps employees save for life after work with defined contribution pension plan and matching RSP contributions
support new mothers with maternity top-up payments (to 100% for 12 weeks) and supports employees with older children through a generous academic scholarship program (to $3,000) for children pursuing post-secondary studies
encourages ongoing employee development with tuition subsidies for courses at outside academic institutions as well as a variety of in-house and online training programs
new employees receive three weeks of paid vacation after their first year, moving to a maximum of five weeks over their career
reaches out to the next generation of employees through a paid internship program
Background Information
Industry:Electric Housewares and Household Fan Manufacturing.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:WHR.
Established:1859.
Parent company:Whirlpool Corporation.
Full-time employees in Canada:312.
Full-time at this location:279.
Full-time worldwide:67,260.
Part-time employees in Canada:5.
Longest serving employee:42.7 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:1,603.
Average age of all employees:39.2.
