Recognized as one of Hamilton-Niagara's Top Employers (2025):
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Jan 15, 2025)
Here are some of the reasons why St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton was selected as one of Hamilton-Niagara's Top Employers (2025):
- NEW - St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton supports its new moms and dads, including adoptive parents, with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (varying by employee group), and offers the option to extend their leave into an unpaid leave of absence
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton offers a number of initiatives to help employees prioritize their wellness, including access to a platform called Wellbeats (with virtual fitness classes, nutrition guidance and mindfulness programming), wellness challenges, and lunch and learns on various dimensions of wellness, such as intellectual, financial, and spiritual wellness
- NEW - St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton also offers employees free access to an onsite fitness facility that offers a complete range of work out equipment and instructor-led classes

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton employees honour each other's accomplishments through the organization's internal recognition system

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton employees honour each other's accomplishments through the organization's internal recognition system

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton employees honour each other's accomplishments through the organization's internal recognition system
Highlights
Industry | Hospitals |
Established in Canada | 1890 |
Major Canadian locations | Hamilton ON |
Full-time employees in Canada | 3,271 |
Part-time employees in Canada | 1,840 |
Average age of employees in Canada | 40.56 years |
Longest serving employee | 50.45 years |
Benefits note | St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton has multiple employee groups, the following programs and policies may vary by position |
Flexible work options | hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 35-hour work week (with full pay), compressed work week, telecommuting |
Long-term savings | defined-benefit (DB) pension |
Health plan premium | as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 75% of the premiums |
Health spending account | up to $500 each year |
Mental health practitioner benefit | up to $1,000 each year |
Maternity top-up (mothers) | up to 93% of salary for 16 weeks |
Parental top-up (mothers) | up to 93% of salary for 10 weeks |
Parental top-up (fathers) | up to 93% of salary for 10 weeks |
Adoption top-up | up to 93% of salary for 10 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 12 months |
Employee performance reviews | employees receive individual performance reviews every 24 months |
In-house training initiatives | apprenticeship/skilled trades programs, in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships |
Related tuition subsidies | employer covers up to 50% of tuition per year |
Annual tuition maximum | employer pays up to $1,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year |
Employee charitable involvement | employees are involved in selection of charities |