Top Employer: Canada Life Assurance Company, The

Recognized as one of Manitoba's Top Employers (2022):

Here are some of the reasons why Canada Life Assurance Company, The was selected as one of Manitoba's Top Employers (2022):

Canada Life encourages a holistic approach to employee well-being, offering a wellness spending account (to $600 annually) and a mental health practitioner benefit (to $5,000) as part of its health benefits plan
Additionally, the company reinstated benefit maximums for an interim 6-month period in June 2020, doubling the amount of health and dental coverage available to employees
Canada Life encourages ongoing employee development through online and in-house training programs, subsidies for professional accreditation and tuition subsidies for courses both related and not directly related to their current position (up to $2,000 annually)

Employee organizes donations collected through Canada Life's school supply drive

Industry	Direct life insurance carriers
Established in Canada	1847
Publicly traded	yes
Parent company	Great-West Lifeco Inc.
Parent company head office	Winnipeg MB
Major Canadian hiring locations	Winnipeg MB, London ON, Toronto ON, Montréal QC, Regina SK
Full-time employees in Canada	10,734
Part-time employees in Canada	190
Average age of employees in Canada	42 years
Longest serving employee	45 years
Long-term savings	defined-contribution (DC) pension
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 73% of the premiums
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $5,000 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 80% of salary for 15 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 80% of salary for 10 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 80% of salary for 10 weeks
Flexible work options	flexible work hours, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), compressed work week, telecommuting
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Outside survey period	outside consultant surveys are held every 12 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 6 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, paid internships
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $2,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)

Industry	Direct life insurance carriers
Full-time employees in Canada	10,001 to 25,000
Parent company	Great-West Lifeco Inc.
Parent company head office	Winnipeg MB
Major Canadian hiring locations	Winnipeg MB, London ON, Toronto ON, Montréal QC, Regina SK
Student opportunities	paid internships, summer jobs, co-op opportunities
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, orientation program, online training, in-house training, in-house career planning services
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $2,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Typical new grad positions	Graduates would occupy Finance, Actuarial, Technology and Digital Strategy roles and various Management positions.
Starting salary	$40K to $45K
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job

Bachelor of Arts
- Economics
- English
- French
Bachelor of Commerce / Business Administration
- Accounting
- Finance
- Human Resources
- Information Systems
- Marketing
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Science
- Actuarial / Statistics
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
Community College Diploma
- Accounting
- Advertising
- Business
- Communications / Public Relations
- Computer Science
- Graphic Arts / Design
- Legal Assistant / Law Clerk
- Marketing / Sales
- Nursing (RN)
- Purchasing / Logistics
- Real Estate Sales
- Secretarial
Master of Business Administration
- Accounting
- Finance
- Information Systems
Master of Science
- Actuarial / Statistics
Professional Accreditation
- Accounting (CA)
- Accounting (CGA)
- Accounting (CMA)
Secondary Education
- High School Diploma

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