Greater Toronto's Top Employers
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Greater Toronto's Top Employers is an annual competition that recognizes the best places to work in the Greater Toronto Area (which includes City of Toronto and the Regional Municipalities of York, Halton, Peel and Durham). Published annually since October 2006, the designation singles out the employers in greater Toronto that lead their industries in creating forward-thinking workplaces with progressive human resources policies. Winners are chosen by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers and announced in a special editorial feature published each fall by the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper.[1] The Star's editorial coverage of this competition in 2007 won first-place at the Inland Press Awards in Chicago.[2]
Applicants for the award are compared to other employers in their industry, using eight main criteria: (1) Physical Workplace; (2) Work Atmosphere & Social; (3) Health, Financial & Family Benefits; (4) Vacation & Time Off; (5) Employee Communications; (6) Performance Management; (7) Training & Skills Development; and (8) Community Involvement. The winning employers are the ones that offer the most progressive and forward-thinking programs. An academic advisory board, composed of four distinguished professors from across Canada, oversee the competition's selection criteria each year.[3]
Any employer with its head office or principal place of business in the Greater Toronto Area may apply to be considered for the award, which is made for one calendar year. The competition is open to public-sector and private-sector employers alike.[4] Employers complete a single annual application to be considered for both the Greater Toronto's Top Employers and the Canada's Top 100 Employers designation.
[edit] References
- ^ "Toronto Star, "GTA's Top 75 Employers", October 18, 2008". The Star. October 18, 2008. http://www.thestar.com/article/516963. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ Irish, Paul (August 4, 2008). "Toronto Star, "Star special sections win eight awards", August 4, 2008". The Star. http://www.thestar.com/article/472042. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
- ^ "Academic Advisory Board". http://www.canadastop100.com/advisory_board.html.
- ^ "Greater Toronto's Top Employers". http://www.canadastop100.com/toronto.
