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THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR • THESPEC.COM Thursday, November 26, 2020 1 ADVERTISING FEATURE NOVEMBER 2020 HAMILTON/ NIAGARA’S TOP EMPLOYERS Dedicated staff from the Public Works Horticultural division work hard to Niagara Health values diversity, celebrates individuality, and promotes Maneuvering into position to repair the overhead power lines. brighten up our spaces. inclusion in all that it does. Photo courtesy of Burlington Hydro Inc. VIEW ONLINE AT thespec.com 2 Thursday, November 26, 2020 THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR • THESPEC.COM HAMILTON-NIAGARA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 CELEBRATING THE BEST PLACES TO WORK Now entering its 14th year, Hamilton-Niagara’s Top Employers is an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers in the Hamilton- Niagara area that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work. This year’s competition saw the largest number of employers to date take part in the selection process, which starts each spring. Mediacorp editors began by examining the recruitment histories of nearly 100,000 employers that it tracks for its popular job-search engine, Eluta.ca. From this pool, Mediacorp invited 10,000 employers to submit detailed applications, including a comprehensive review of their operations and HR practices that compares them to others in their industry and region. Employers interested in next year’s competition may also request an application online. Details on the selection criteria and information for employers on applying is available on the competition homepage: https://www.canadastop100.com/hamilton/. Brock University – employees also receive subsidies for professional ARE A WINNERS INCLUDE: 1677 full-time employees accreditation and can take advantage of in-house career planning assistance ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P. www.brocku.ca - Varying by their employee group, Brock University 4791 full-time employees Brock University is a post-secondary educational helps all employees save for the future with contributions to a defined benefit pension plan – dofasco.arcelormittal.com institution with approximately 18,700 undergraduate and graduate students and 580 additionally, faculty can take advantage of phased-in ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P. is a supplier of steel faculty members. work options when nearing retirement products to markets across North America. - To encourage employees to get involved in the wider - Brock University encourages its employees to continue community, Brock University requests employee - ArcelorMittal Dofasco supports long-term personal their education in-house with tuition fees waived for feedback on which initiatives to support and provides and professional development through generous the university’s undergraduate and graduate courses a paid half day off each year to volunteer tuition subsidies (up to $24,000) for courses both related and unrelated to an employees’ current position, and offers academic scholarships for children of employees who wish to pursue post- secondary education (up to $2,500 per child) - ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s employees can support charities of their choosing and direct their support through the Employee Donations Fund with over $40 million raised and donated over the past seven decades – employees also support numerous charitable causes through the Team Orange volunteer program - ArcelorMittal Dofasco maintains the F.H. Sherman Recreation and Learning Centre that is open to retirees and family members and supports of range of extended health services including smoking cessation, post-cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes support and mental health support CITY OF HAMILTON THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR • THESPEC.COM Thursday, November 26, 2020 3 HAMILTON-NIAGARA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 Burlington Hydro Inc. 92 full-time employees www.burlingtonhydro.com Burlington Hydro Inc. is a provider of hydro services to residential and commercial customers. - Burlington Hydro helps employees plan for the future with contributions to a defined benefit pension plan, retirement planning assistance and phased-in work options for employees approaching retirement - Along with in-house training initiatives, Burlington Hydro invests in ongoing employee development with full tuition subsidies for courses related and not directly related to their current position MOHAWK COLLEGE - Burlington Hydro offers a 100 per cent compassionate top-up program with the number of weeks company’s success through a defined profit-sharing individual vacation entitlement discretionary and determined on a case-by-case basis plan (after five consecutive years) - InvestorCOM encourages a sense of community - IKEA Canada supports employee development with a through an employee incentive program that rewards City of Hamilton variety of in-house and online training programs and employees for recognition, participation in fun work 5651 full-time employees encourages continuous development through tuition events and charitable donations with points that can www.hamilton.ca subsidies for courses related to an employees’ position be redeemed for prizes that include a day off, clothing and subsidies for their professional accreditations or gift certificates The City of Hamilton provides municipal - To help balance employee priorities outside of work, government services to local businesses and a IKEA Canada offers paid Wellness Days (varying by Joseph Brant Hospital population of approximately 510,000 residents. employee group), which can be taken for a variety - Employees at the City of Hamilton are encouraged of personal reasons, including illness, supporting a 1070 full-time employees to keep their skills up to date through a variety of in- family member, participating in a community event, www.josephbranthospital.ca house training initiatives, as well as tuition subsidies appointments or spending time with a new pet – Joseph Brant Hospital is an acute care hospital for courses at outside institutions – and reaches out employees can also tailor their coverage through that provides integrated healthcare services to to the next generation through summer employment a generous combined $800 wellness and health Burlington and surrounding areas. opportunities, paid internships and co-op placement spending account - Varying by employee group, the City of Hamilton - Joseph Brant Hospital supports its new moms, dads supports its new moms with maternity leave top-up InvestorCOM Inc. and adoptive parents with maternity and parental leave top-up payments – to 84 per cent of salary for payments and offers a variety of alternative working 80 full-time employees options to help employees balance their work and up to 27 weeks for new moms, and up to 12 weeks personal commitments, along with a dedicated investorcom.com for dads and adoptive parents, with top-up duration workplace mental health and well-being strategy InvestorCOM Inc. provides a complete suite of varying by employee group software products for clients in the financial - Along with retirement planning assistance services, IKEA Canada Limited services industry, addressing document Joseph Brant Hospital helps employees save for the Partnership composition, delivery, compliance, marketing, future through a defined benefit pension plan – and 3500 full-time employees reporting and analytics. offers phased-in work options for employees when they near retirement www.ikea.ca - InvestorCOM helps employees keep their skills up to date through in-house training initiatives, as well - In addition to mental health coverage offered through IKEA Canada Limited Partnership is a home as tuition subsidies for courses at outside academic the health plan, Joseph Brant Hospital introduced a furnishings retailer that operates 12 stores across institutions free six-week mindful adaptive practice workshop the country. - InvestorCOM starts its newest employees with three series to help staff and physicians navigate the - IKEA Canada helps employees save for the future weeks of paid vacation (working to a maximum challenges of the pandemic – a mobile well-being with a matching RSP program and longer serving of five weeks for longer serving employees) and CARE cart was also arranged to travel around the employees have the opportunity to share in the considers previous work experience when setting hospital with snacks and words of encouragement 4 Thursday, November 26, 2020 THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR • THESPEC.COM HAMILTON-NIAGARA’S TOP EMPLOYERS 2021 annual benefits coverage to $3,000 for services from registered psychologists, social workers and psychotherapists Mohawk College 1080 full-time employees www.mohawkcollege.ca Founded in 1947, Mohawk College is a post- secondary institute that offers full-time, apprenticeship, and co-op programs. - Mohawk College provides generous maternity and parental leave top-up payments to its new moms (to 93 per cent of salary for 52 weeks), as well as top-up for new dads and adoptive parents (to 93 per cent of salary ranging from 35 to 37 weeks, depending) - Mohawk College helps its employees plan ahead with retirement planning assistance services, contributions to a defined benefit pension plan and a retiree health benefits plan with no age limit - Mohawk College runs an onsite Health Centre for students, employees and the community staffed with a multi-disciplinary team of practitioners offering medical, therapeutic, dental and wellness MCMASTER UNIVERSITY services and utilizes virtual consultations during the pandemic – additionally, the college holds a variety of wellness