Best Places to Work Nomination: Step 2

Part 1: Payment Confirmation Code

Please enter your Payment Confirmation Code to verify that you have paid the $200 nomination processing fee.(Required)

Part 2: Contact Information

1. Employer Name(Required)

2. Atlantic Canada head office mailing address (Required)

Mailing Address Street/P.O. Box(Required)

Mailing Address City/Town(Required)

Mailing Address Province(Required)

Mailing Address Postal Code(Required)

3. Atlantic Canada head office civic address (if different from mailing address)

Civic Address Street/P.O. Box

Civic Address City/Town

Civic Address Province

Civic Address Postal Code

4. Telephone (main line)(Required)

5. Website(Required)

6. Social media handle/URL

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

7. Person responsible for completing this application

Applicant's Name(Required)

Applicant's Title(Required)

Applicant's Email(Required)

Applicant's Phone(Required)

8. Person responsible for corporate marketing/communications

Marketing Person's Name(Required)

Marketing Person's Title(Required)

Marketing Person's Email(Required)

Marketing Person's Phone(Required)

9. Atlantic Canada leader (e.g. person in charge for Atlantic operations)

Leader's Name(Required)

Leader's Title(Required)

Executive Assistant's Name(Required)

Executive Assistant's Email(Required)

Part 3: About your company/organization

1. What industry are you in?

2. In 25 words or less, what does your company/organization do?

3. When was it founded?

4. How many people did you employ in Atlantic Canada in 2022?

Full time in 2022

Part-time in 2022

Contract workers in 2022

5. How many people did you employ in Atlantic Canada in 2023?

Full time in 2023

Part-time in 2023

Contract workers in 2023

6. How many people did you employ in Atlantic Canada in 2024?

Full time in 2024

Part-time in 2024

Contract workers in 2024

7. Percentage of current employees who are members of the following:

a. Percentage of ALL EMPLOYEES who are...

All Employees who are women

All Employees: Visible minorities

All Employees: Indigenous

All Employees: Persons with disabilities

b. Percentage of MANAGERS who are...

Managers: Women

Managers: Visible minorities

Managers: Indigenous

Managers: Persons with disabilities

c. Percentage of EXECUTIVE TEAM who are...

Executive Team: women

Executive Team: Visible Minorities

Executive Team: Indigenous

Executive Team: Persons with disabilities

d. Percentage of BOARD OF DIRECTORS who are...

Board: Women

Board: Visible Minorities

Board: Indigenous

Board: Persons with disabilities

8. Are you:

Part 4: About your workplace

Work environment

1. What, if any, flexible work options are available to your employees? (e.g. flexible work hours, telecommuting/work from home, compressed work weeks, earned days off, etc...)

2. What physical amenities, if any, does your office(s) offer to enhance employee workspaces? Please specify if these amenities are available in all office or in a single location. Amenities might include: recreation space/equipment, ergonomic workstations, quiet room, complimentary snacks, access to walking trails, etc...

3. Do you offer/support green commuter amenities such as public transit, bicycle sharing, carpooling, electric vehicle charging stations or corporate ride-sharing?

4. Do you offer onsite childcare?

5. Does your organization support any of the following: (check all that apply)

6. What, if any, in-house social events/celebrations, either virtual or in-person, does you organization support throughout the year? Examples include company sports teams, games nights, cooking classes, etc...

7. Do you offer the opportunity for employees to volunteer during work hours?

8. What, if any, corporate monetary contributions are available to support employee social causes/volunteer activities?

9. What tools do you use to encourage and assess employee engagement? (check all that apply)

Please describe any other tools you use to encourage and assess employee engagement?

10. What processes/tools are in place to respond to employee concerns?

11. If your organization has formal Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) goals, what are they and how are they being advanced?

Health and wellness

12. Do you have a company health plan?

a. Is this plan available to full-time employees?

b. Is this plan available to part-time employees?

c. Is this plan available to your contract employees?

d. What percentage of premiums are paid by your company?

e. How long does an employee have to work with your company before they are eligible for coverage?

f. Does your plan provide coverage to retirees?

13. Which of the following does your company's health benefits plan cover for all employees? (check all that apply)

Other health benefits coverage

14. Please describe any additional health/wellness programs or initiatives your organization offers its employees:

Compensation

15. Which of the following do you offer? (check all that apply)

16. How do you conduct employee compensation reviews?

17. How often do you conduct employee compensation reviews?

18. What, if any, offsite childcare subsidies do you offer?

19. What, if any, academic scholarships for children of employees do you offer?

20. Describe any additional employee financial benefits that weren't captured above:

Professional development

21. How, and how often, do you conduct/provide performance reviews to individual employees?

22. What, if any, inhouse professional development/training/mentoring opportunities do you offer?

23. What, if any, support do you offer for work-specific educational opportunities/upgrading from outside sources (e.g. post-secondary institution, accreditation program, online training programs, etc...)

24. What, if any, support do you offer for educational opportunities/upgrading that are not specifically related to employee's job?

Vacation/paid days off

25. How many paid weeks vacation do you provide new employees?

26. Does the duration of paid vacation increase in line with years of employment? If so, how?

27. Do you offer unpaid leaves of absence? If so, under what circumstances and what is the maximum duration?

28. How many statutory holidays do you offer throughout the year?

29. Excluding vacation time, what, if any, paid shutdowns do you have throughout the year (e.g. Christmas)?

30. Excluding vacation, what, if any, personal paid days off are available to employees (such as a mental health day)?

31. What if any, paid sick days are available to employees each year?

Summary

If there's anything you'd like us to consider that was NOT included in the above, please enter it here:

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