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The following organizations have been chosen as Manitoba’s Top Employers for 2022 (employee count refers to full-time staff):
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Inc. / APTN
Industry: Television broadcasting | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 155
Provides new parents with parental leave top-up payments. Access to medical care, in person and virtually is embraced alongside of counselling services by traditional elders.
Access Credit Union Limited
Industry: Credit unions | City: Winkler | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 346
Offers a wide swath of financial benefits including a professional clothing and wellness allowance, ranging from $150 for casual employees to $500 for those who work full-time.
Arctic Co-operatives Limited
Industry: Community co-operative | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 122
Invests in ongoing development opportunities for employees who wish to take courses and become accredited. Responding to requests, paid leave is now offered to study for exams.
Artis REIT
Industry: Real estate investment trust | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 169
Starts employees with three weeks vacation and five personal days. Employees are also offered paid winter breaks and time off during a summer shutdown.
Assiniboine Credit Union Limited
Industry: Credit union | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 394
Considers previous work experience when setting vacation entitlements. New employees begin with three weeks and employees may purchase up to four weeks to extend time away.
Bold Commerce
Industry: Custom computer programming services | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 362
Encourages employee development with tuition subsidies and is open to employees taking 10 per cent of their work time to develop skills, even if they are unrelated to their current position.
Caisse Financial Group / Caisse Groupe Financier
Industry: Credit unions | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 182
Sponsors three financial programs to support the local Manitoba community. Employees are also subsidized to develop skills.
Canada Life Assurance Company, The
Industry: Direct life insurance carriers | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 10,734
Embraces a holistic approach to employee well-being, with a $600 annual spending account to a $5,000 mental health practitioner allotment.
Canadian Canola Growers Association / CCGA
Industry: Business associations | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 82
Gives new parents parental leave top-up payments and a formal two month transition to work program.
Fusion Credit Union Limited
Industry: Credit unions | City: Hamiota | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 139
Supports ongoing community projects with their Full Circle Fund. It has helped 37 organizations and 16 communities.
IG Wealth Management
Industry: Financial investment management | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 1,994
Offers several financial incentives, varying from select signing bonuses, referral bonuses up to $2,000 and a year-end bonus open to all employees.
Johnston Group Inc.
Industry: Insurance and group benefits | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 293
Encourages employee wellness with Work Life Wonderful. Remote work was enhanced through regular newsletters, JGTV, JG Coffee, zoom meetings and virtual games.
Magellan Aerospace, Winnipeg
Industry: Aircraft equipment manufacturing | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 635
Invests in the next generation with academic scholarships for employees’ children. They also subsidies varied development programs.
Manitoba Blue Cross
Industry: Direct health and medical insurance carriers | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 288
Provides comprehensive health resources including goal setting, exercise tips and ergonomic assets through My Good Health online. Mental health benefits up to $2,000 are available.
Manitoba Public Insurance
Industry: Direct property and casualty insurance carriers | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 1,734
Recognizes previous work experience when setting vacations. A focus on maintaining healthy lives encourages initiatives such as Meditation Mondays, puppy visit days and fitness challenges.
Payworks Inc.
Industry: Payroll services | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 339
Provides a variety of financial benefits, year-end bonuses, discounted insurance. Also offers free access to accountants, lawyers and other experts who specialize in professional services through their partnership with Vexxit Life.
Red River College
Industry: Post secondary schools, college | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 1,444
Provides tuition support and in-house training programs. In addition, the Centre for Learning and Program Excellence offers development opportunities to educators and administrators.
Red River Co-op
Industry: Supermarkets and grocery stores | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 240
Supports ongoing employee development with in-house and online training opportunities. Defined benefit and/or defined contribution pension plans allow employees to save for the future.
Roquette Canada Ltd.
Industry: Plant-based protein manufacturing | City: Portage la Prairie | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 110
Affords parental leave top-up payments for employees expanding their families. Health and wellness extended coverage of $1,200 a year is offered, with a specific focus on mental health practitioner subsidies of $1,000 a year.
RTDS Technologies Inc.
Industry: Computer technology | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 75
Promotes healthy lifestyles for employees with a $300 fitness reimbursement program, including fitness memberships and sport league fees.
SkipTheDishes Restaurant Services Inc.
Industry: Food delivery services | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 2,852
Offers a plethora of financial benefits from matching RSP contributions, referral bonuses up to $500 to monthly SKIP credits reserved for employees who are short on time.
St.Amant Inc.
Industry: Child and youth services | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 675
Helps employees who are new mothers with maternity to-up payments and offers on-site child care when they return from leave.
St. Boniface Hospital
Industry: Hospitals | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 1,592
Provides a defined benefit pension plan, generous paid education leave and maternity leave top-up for unionized employees.
St. John’s-Ravenscourt School
Industry: Elementary and secondary schools | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 147
Embraces fitness on their Red River campus. Employees can stay active inside with several fitness options or venture outside to cross-country ski, snowshoe, play hockey or take in an enjoyable walk.
True North Sports + Entertainment
Industry: Sports and entertainment | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 303
Gives free tickets to events and discounts for retail store products. Employees can play intramural sports and hockey on Bell MTS Arena and learn-to-play hockey on NHL or AHL ice.
University of Manitoba
Industry: Post secondary schools, university | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 5,078
Encourages employees to find balance through flexible work options. Their Live Well program promotes active lifestyles, a vacation purchase program and on-site daycare.
Vidir Solutions, Inc.
Industry: Storage systems | City: Arborg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 173
Engages in activities to support the local community. Employees take part in fun competitions such as Apart But Not Alone, where teams earn points for doing car parades for a senior home or collect items for the food bank. Even the prizes are locally-sourced to further bolster the local economy.
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co.
Industry: Insurance | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 3,175
Rewards professional development with financial bonuses for completion of accredited courses. Flexible work options allow employees to choose to work from home, at the office or a hybrid of the two.
Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc.
Industry: Airport operations | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 187
Focuses beyond employees’ work years by extending health benefits to retirees, with no age limit and with 50 per cent premium coverage.
Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba
Industry: Administration of human resource programs | City: Winnipeg | Full-Time Employees in Canada: 589
Starts new employees with three weeks vacation moving to seven weeks vacation for long-serving employees over their careers.
This article is produced by the Advertising Department of the Winnipeg Free Press, in collaboration with Manitoba’s Top Employers 2022