The 30 Best companies were ranked accordingly as per satisfaction and engagement studies conducted by Hewitt Associates. The data was collected from over 150,000 workers at more than 200 Canadian organizations. After all, who better to judge than the plan members themselves?
“The organizations that appear on the 2008 list of Canada’s 30 Best Pension and Benefit Plans did not achieve this recognition because they necessarily offer the most innovative employee benefits, but they all do three things extraordinarily well,” says Don Bisch, editor of Benefits Canada. “They listen to their employees and offer programs that meet their needs; they communicate them well, so workers understand and appreciate their benefits; and they deliver them properly so employees avoid any administrative hassle. For high employee satisfaction with retirement and benefit programs, all of these factors must be present.”
He adds, “The report is an opportunity for us to profile these companies—to show what they’re doing right and share their best practices with our readers.”
The 30 Best Pension and Benefits Plans
Ranking | Company | Headquarters |
1 | Business Development Bank of Canada | Montreal |
2 | AstraZeneca Canada | Mississauga, Ont. |
3 | L’Union Canadienne | Quebec City |
4 | Gibson Energy | Calgary |
5 | Wellington West Holdings | Winnipeg |
6 | Envision Financial | Langley, B.C. |
7 | EllisDon Corporation | London, Ont. |
8 | JTI-Macdonald | Mississauga, Ont. |
9 | CONEXUS | Regina |
10 | Prospera Credit Union & Insurance Agency | Abbotsford, B.C. |
11 | Intuit Canada | Edmonton |
12 | PCL Constructors | Edmonton |
13 | Northern Savings Credit Union | Prince Rupert, B.C. |
14 | National Bank of Canada | Montreal |
15 | Midwest Surveys | Calgary |
16 | Canadian Western Bank | Edmonton |
17 | Ceridian Canada | Mississauga, Ont. |
18 | OMERS | Toronto |
19 | Abbott Canada | St-Laurent, Que. |
20 | GlaxoSmithKline | Mississauga, Ont. |
21 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada | Dorval, Que. |
22 | BC Biomedical Laboratories | Surrey, B.C. |
23 | Business Objects | Vancouver |
24 | Aecon Group | Toronto |
25 | ATB Financial | Edmonton |
26 | Deloitte & Touche | Toronto |
27 | Nexen | Calgary |
28 | Dillon Consulting Limited | Toronto |
29 | Procter & Gamble | Toronto |
30 | The Co-operators | Guelph, Ont. |
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