PolyCello
Description: provides packaging services for brands in the frozen food, pet food, tissue, lawn and garden, and food service industries
Location: Amherst, N.S.
Full-time employees in Canada: 394
Perks of the job:

• profit-sharing plan available to all employees
• tuition subsidies for job-related courses, and subsidies for professional accreditation
• manages an academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary studies, up to $2,500 per child
• contributions to a defined benefit or defined contribution pension plan, depending on employee group

SportsDirect Inc.
Description: provides up-to-date sports content and cross-platform solutions to major publishers, websites, newspapers, television, radio and other media organizations worldwide, including Thomson Reuters, USA Today, Chicago Tribune and Covers Me
Location: Halifax, N.S.
Full-time employees in Canada: 59
Perks of the job:

• head office onsite fi tness facility, complete with treadmills, stationary bikes, stair masters, weights and shower facilities
• maternity leave top-up payments to new mothers (to 75 per cent of salary for 17 weeks) as well as flexible hours when they are ready to return to work
• in-house and online training programs as well as subsidies for professional accreditation and job-related courses
• contributions to a defined contribution pension plan
• compassionate leave top-up payments for employees who are called upon to care for a loved one (to 75 per cent of salary for 17 weeks)

Technip Canada Limited
Description: specialized management, engineering and construction services for the oil and gas industry, including subsea, offshore and onshore operations
Location: St. John’s, N.L.
Full-time employees in Canada: 172
Perks of the job:

• share purchase plan and yearend bonuses available to all employees
• significant career opportunities in Canada and abroad, as the company has operations in 48 countries and approximately 40,000 employees worldwide
• new mothers receive maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 100 per cent of salary for 24 weeks) and extended health benefits coverage during their leave
• summer camp programs available at company-supported Techniplex indoor sports facility
• alternative work arrangements including flexible hours, telecommuting, shortened and compressed work week options and an earned days-off program
• located in one of Canada’s most beautiful historic cities only a short walk from the downtown and great shops and cafés along Water Street

University of New Brunswick / UNB
Description: one of Canada’s oldest English-language universities and one of the first public universities established in North America
Location: Fredericton, N.B.
Full-time employees in Canada: 1,759
Perks of the job:

• range of alternative work arrangements, including flexible hours, telecommuting, shortened work week option and reduced summer hours
• tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions, financial bonuses for some course completion and subsidies for professional accreditation
• new mothers receive maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 95 per cent of salary for 32 weeks) as well as the option to extend their leave into an unpaid leave of absence
• parental leave top-up payments to new fathers or adoptive parents (to 95 per cent of salary for 17 weeks)
• onsite daycare services
• retirement planning assistance, phased-in work options and generous contributions to a defined benefit pension plan

Verafin Inc.
Description: provides fraud detection and AML software for the financial industry
Location: St. John’s, N.L.
Full-time employees in Canada: 176
Perks of the job:

• open concept environment office that features small fitness stations throughout, including yoga mats, weights, exercise balls, chin-up bars and skipping ropes
• offers maternity or parental leave top-up payments (to 75 per cent of salary for 17 weeks) and even provides a subsidy for in-vitro fertilization (to $5,000)
• share purchase plan, new employee referral bonuses (up to $2,000) and matching RSP contributions
• tuition subsidies for job-related courses, formal mentoring and a variety of in-house and online training programs
• flexible “no limit” vacation policies, letting employees decide how much time they need in any given year

Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
Description: promotes safe work practices and the provision of fair benefi ts to workers
Location: Halifax, N.S.
Full-time employees in Canada: 386
Perks of the job:

• defined benefit pension plan and health benefits that extend to retirement
• in addition to three weeks of paid vacation allowance, new employees receive personal paid days off which can be scheduled throughout the year
• maternity leave top-up payments to new mothers (to 93 per cent of salary for 17 weeks) and parental leave top-up to new fathers and adoptive parents (to 93 per cent of salary for 10 weeks)
• academic scholarship program for children of employees who pursue post-secondary studies

Xplornet Communications Inc.
Description: high-speed internet service provider that utilizes fixed wireless and satellite platforms to reach customers in suburban, rural and remote areas
Location: Woodstock, N.B.
Full-time employees in Canada: 506
Perks of the job:

• alternative work arrangements including flexible hours, shortened and compressed work weeks and an earned days-off program
• referral bonuses, year-end bonuses for all and employer contributions to a matching RSP plan
• head office employees can take advantage of a variety of onsite amenities including a fitness facility and a fully-stocked employee lounge, complete with video games, television, foosball and board games
• paid time off to volunteer with charitable organizations
• subsidies for tuition and professional accreditation and a variety of in-house and online training programs