The Finalists: Alberta’s Best Workplaces 2010

Agriculture Financial Services Corp.
Industry: Finance
Location: Lacombe
Alberta employees: 711
Best practices: Immediate enrolment in benefits plan; Retirement Life Challenge program; 100% vision coverage

Nexen Inc.
Industry: Oil and gas
Location: Calgary
Alberta employees: 1,759
Best practices: No waiting period for health coverage; no annual limits on prescriptions; matches employee’s Company Savings Plan contributions

Workers’ Compensation Board – Alberta
Industry: Finance
Locations: Edmonton
Alberta employees: 1,626
Best practices: Pays 100% of health benefits and basic life insurance premiums; choice of health spending account or wellness spending account

Aspen Properties Ltd.
Industry: Real estate
Locations: Calgary, Edmonton
Alberta employees: 83
Best practices: Group RRSP contributions matched by company; parents allowed 16 hours per year of paid volunteer time at their children’s school or sports

Flight Centre Canada
Industry: Retail
Location: Calgary, Edmonton
Alberta employees: 94
Best practices: Company pays for health and wellness and personal financial consultants; mandatory carbon offset policy for work-related travel; monthly awards nights recognize employee achievements

Habañero Consulting Group
Industry: Information technology
Location: Calgary
Alberta employees: 7
Best practices: Leadership models work/life balance and encourages employees to do the same; $800 annual fitness allowance; $1,500 technology allowance every three years

Manasc Isaac
Industry: Professional services
Location: Edmonton
Alberta employees: 33
Best practices: In-office yoga room with classes two times a week; music room with Friday evening jam sessions

More stories

• Calgary’s downtown core sees fluctuating commercial vacancy rates
  PCL, Graham Group, EllisDon, Ledcor, Torode and Centron among companies betting on increased need for commercial real estate in downtown Calgary
• From Steve Jobs to Donald Trump, find out who the business heroes are of our Fast Growth 50 leaders
  Some names on the list might surprise you
• Legal Eagles: Intellectual property law, patents and copyright are concerns for all businesses
  Laws surrounding intellectual property in Alberta can be incredibly complicated
• The Debut of Market Maxim
  Meet your resident investment and financial analysis blogger
• Executive Compensation Report: Raises for executives at Shaw, CNR and Encana
  Niko Resources, CPE and Suncor pass down paycuts for execs

You may also like these stories

• The Winners: Alberta's Best Workplaces 2011
  A peek inside Alberta’s Best Workplaces for 2011
• The Finalists: Alberta’s Best Workplaces 2011
  How these Alberta employers made the shortlist
• Alberta's Best Workplaces: Sowing the Seeds
  As Alberta gears up for the next economic boom, employers are focused on helping their own talent grow
• Pride of Accomplishment
  Editor's Note
• Best Workplaces 2011: Best Workplace for Diversity

• Table of Contents
• Digital Edition
• Subscribe
• Customer Service
• Archive
• Store Locator