Top Employer: Health Standards Organization / HSO

Recognized as one of National Capital Region's Top Employers (2023):

Here are some of the reasons why Health Standards Organization / HSO was selected as one of National Capital Region's Top Employers (2023):

Health Standards Organization offers a number of time-off programs to help employees balance personal and professional commitments -- examples include paid personal days, which can be scheduled as needed (six days annually), five paid family leave days, and paid sick time of up to 15 days annually
Health Standards Organization supports employees who want to start a family with generous maternity and parental leave top-up, to 75 per cent of salary, ranging between 35 and 52 weeks, depending on the employee
Health Standards Organization supports lifelong learning and career development with tuition subsidies for courses taken at external institutions (up to $1,500 annually), reimbursement of professional membership fees, in-house and online training, and internal and external secondments

Industry	Professional organization
Established in Canada	2016
Major Canadian hiring locations	Montréal QC, Toronto ON, Ottawa ON
Full-time employees in Canada	219
Part-time employees in Canada	18
Average age of employees in Canada	44 years
Longest serving employee	36 years
Hybrid work	maintained a hybrid work model prior to the pandemic
Flexible work options	flexible work hours, telecommuting
Long-term savings	defined-benefit (DB) pension
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $750 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 75% of salary for 17 weeks
Parental top-up (mothers)	up to 75% of salary for 35 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 75% of salary for 35 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 75% of salary for 35 weeks
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 24 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 6 months
In-house training initiatives	apprenticeship/skilled trades programs, in-house training, online training, mentoring, paid internships
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $1,500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities

Health Standards Organization employees collaborating

Industry	Professional organization
Full-time employees in Canada	101 to 250
Major Canadian hiring locations	Montréal QC, Toronto ON, Ottawa ON
Student opportunities	co-op opportunities
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, online training, in-house training, mentoring, in-house career planning services
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $1,500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Starting salary	$50K to $55K
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job