How these Alberta employers made the shortlist
Best Workplace for Working Parents
Winner: NAIT
Industry: Education
Location: Edmonton
Alberta employees: 2,978
Best practices: Supports requests for reduced hours, job sharing, compressed schedules, flextime or extended parental leave
Industry: Professional services
Locations: Calgary, Edmonton
Alberta employees: 780
Best practices: Seventeen-week maternity leave at 100% salary, three-week paid paternity leave and, for adoptive parents, six weeks at 100% pay and $20,000 for fees and related expenses
Ernst & Young LLP
Industry: Professional services
Location: Calgary
Alberta employees: 440
Best practices: Backup childcare is available to parents to a maximum of 100 hours per year through Kids & Company; flexible work arrangements can be negotiated
Habañero Consulting Group
Industry: Information technology
Location: Calgary
Alberta employees: 7
Best practices: Full benefits during parental leave plus bonus of one month’s salary upon return
Best Workplace for Health and Safety
Winner: Nexen Inc.
Industry: Oil and gas
Location: Calgary
Alberta employees: 1,759
Best practices: Compressed work weeks allow for two Fridays off per month; physical wellness subsidy of up to $350 per year; on-site occupational health nurses; extensive health and safety training
Industry: Health care
Location: Calgary
Alberta employees: 2,300
Best practices: A health and wellness fair for employees includes personal massages, yoga classes and stress management workshops; a dedicated occupational health and safety department
PCL Constructors Inc.
Industry: Construction
Locations: Edmonton, various locations
Alberta employees: 1,040
Best practices: Wellness lunch-and-learns, smoking cessation assistance and awards for excellence in carefulness to complement numerous safety programs
Terracon Geotechnique Ltd.
Industry: Professional services
Location: Calgary
Alberta employees: 164
Best practices: Employees receive a $1,500 health spending account every year toward extended health-care services such as massages, eyeglasses and dental care
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