'We work hard to ensure our culture reflects the values of our diverse team and that we create an environment that is inclusive, empowering and fun'
Copperleaf, Carebook and InvestorCOM are among the top small and medium employers for 2020, according to Mediacorp, which runs the competition.
Employers were evaluated using a variety of criteria: physical workplace; work atmosphere and social; health, financial and family benefits; vacation and time off; employee communications; performance management; training and skills development; and community involvement.
Winning programs
Copperleaf Technologies, provider of decision analytics solutions, offers signing bonuses for some workers, year-end bonuses for all and referral bonuses of up to $2,500 along with company contributions to a retirement savings plan. It also provides maternity and parental leave top-up payments for new parents of up to 100 per cent of salary for up to six weeks, and offers the convenience of onsite childcare. Copperleaf also maintains a health and wellness committee and recently launched a HealthFlex program, an annual spending account that employees can use for related expenses such as gym memberships.
“We work hard to ensure our culture reflects the values of our diverse team and that we create an environment that is inclusive, empowering and fun,” says Judi Hess, Copperleaf CEO. “We are focused on continuous improvement as we grow, as it is central to the success of our clients and the success of our company.”
Digital pharmacy platform Carebook Technologies encourages ongoing professional development through online training and tuition subsidies of up to $4,000 annually for courses at outside academic institutions. Employees can unwind in an employee lounge complete with bean bag chairs and comfy pods, video games, foosball, music and a variety of free snacks.
"Carebook is all about celebrating innovation, so it's important to build a culture of curiosity where people are safe to express themselves,” says CEO Pascale Audette. “That's when brilliant ideas can come to life."
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As part of Humania Assurance's health plan, employees receive a health spending account of up to $800 annually that lets them tailor their health coverages to suit their needs. The company provides employees with a defined benefit pension plan as well as a health benefits plan that extends to retirees, with employee-paid premiums. It also provides tuition subsidies for courses related and not directly related to their workers’ position.
"Our employees are the drivers of our success and it's thanks to them that we are able, year after year, to continue modernizing life insurance in Canada in order to make it even more accessible. I want to thank them for their commitment and their involvement in our various initiatives, especially in the current context," says Stéphane Rochon, Humania Assurance president and CEO.
InvestorCOM starts its newest employees with three weeks of paid vacation, working to a maximum of five weeks for longer serving employees, and considers previous work experience when setting individual vacation entitlement. It provides maternity and parental leave top-up payments of up to 70 per cent of salary for 17 weeks, and offers in-house training initiatives as well as tuition subsidies for courses at outside academic institutions.
“We do our best to support the needs of our employees and maintain a fulfilling workplace environment,” says Sarah Eagles, director of people and culture at InvestorCOM, provider of regulatory compliance software and communications solutions for the financial services industry. “The culture we’ve created at InvestorCOM helps us attract and retain some of the brightest minds in the business.”
The full list of winners is available here.
Other top employer competitions have also named 7shifts, Travel Alberta, Google, Samsung, Statistics Canada, Irving Oil, Provincial Aerospace, Norton Rose Fulbright, Mohawk College, SAP Canada, Novartis and Canada Revenue Agency as top employers for 2020.
