Benefits that Build Peace of Mind

It follows that a company with a mission of Caring for People will walk the talk when it comes to its employees. We believe Gamma-Dynacare’s employee benefits demonstrate that we care about our employees’ development, prospects and peace of mind.

Salary
Part-Time Schedules
Holidays and Vacations
Group Benefits
Extended Health Plan
Dental Plan
Supplemental Employment Benefit
Disability
Life and Accident Insurance
Retirement Plan
Financial Planning
Employee Assistance Program
Service Award Program
Employee Discounts

Gamma-Dynacare compensates its employees in a fair and equitable manner, recognizing a position’s relative worth to the company, the position’s value in the marketplace and an employee’s individual contribution to the success of the company.

Gamma-Dynacare also recognizes a new employee’s relevant, recent external work experience so that the employee can be compensated accordingly. This helps us attract and retain the highest calibre of employees. Wage and benefit surveys are conducted regularly to ensure that we maintain a competitive total compensation package.

When part-time schedules are available, employees work a regular, predictable work week, up to a maximum of 24 hours per week. Part-time employees are eligible to participate in many of the programs offered by the company.

Gamma-Dynacare’s holiday and vacation policy is very flexible. The company provides a number of paid holidays during the year. In addition to paid holidays, all full- and part-time employees are eligible for allotted paid vacation days. Paid vacation time is based on tenure with Gamma-Dynacare. After one year with the company, employees are eligible for three weeks’ vacation. Employees are eligible for four weeks after five years and five weeks after 15 years.

Gamma-Dynacare offers an extremely competitive group benefits plan for all full-time employees that includes extended health, dental, long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, and business travel insurance.

Gamma-Dynacare’s extensive Extended Health Plan includes coverage for prescription drugs, hospital, vision care and less common claims such as physiotherapy, chiropractic care, the services of social workers, blood glucose monitoring machines and home nursing.

The Gamma-Dynacare Dental Plan offers coverage for reasonable and customary dental expenses associated with basic preventive and restorative dentistry, extractions, endodontics and periodontics.

Gamma-Dynacare knows that with a new arrival in the family it can be a challenge to enjoy this most important time with your child and balance the economic factors associated with time away from work. In support of our employees' personal and family lives, we offer a Supplemental Employment Benefit plan to eligible employees during the first 17 weeks of their leave. This program provides top-up income benefits to 75% of weekly earnings for a maximum period of 15 weeks.

If an employee becomes sick or disabled and is unable to perform her or his job, it’s important that there be a source of income to help meet financial needs. Gamma-Dynacare provides disability coverage through our long-term disability insurance plan.

A death or serious accident can jeopardize a family’s financial security. To help protect against this, Gamma-Dynacare offers four important life and accident insurance plans:

• Life insurance
• Dependant life insurance
  
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  
• Business travel accident insurance
  

Through our Savings and Retirement Plans, employees have the opportunity to build retirement savings by contributing a portion of their pay to the plan.

Employees can generally contribute between 1% and 18% of their pre-tax pay and are eligible to participate in most Savings and Retirement Plans after completion of their three-month probationary period. The company fully matches up to 3% of the employee’s base salary contributions.

This program is designed to address the financial issues employees face every day. We help answer questions about investments, retirement and estate planning, life insurance, education funding and home purchasing. This program is made available to employees through our Group Retirement Plan provider.

To support the health and well-being of Gamma-Dynacare employees and their families, an informal Employee Assistance Program has been established at each Gamma-Dynacare location. Referrals are designed to provide resources and short-term, confidential counselling when employees or their family members are experiencing personal problems.

Gamma-Dynacare’s Service Award Program is a tangible expression of our appreciation for continuous service. We view our employees as partners, and we strive to build a great working experience and workplace environment for each one. Honouring long-term service and loyalty is a measure of the success of that commitment.

Awards are presented at various milestones from five to 40 years of service, and for retirement at age 65 with at least 10 years of service.

Gamma-Dynacare has arranged Preferred Pricing Plans for all our employees to enjoy exclusive discounts with numerous companies, such as Paramount Canada’s Wonderland.