Here is a comprehensive compilation of the most creative Community related benefit ideas that enable innovative organizations deliver better value to their employees well beyond dental, health and pension options that most offer in their plans.

These ideas a relevant for all budgets and sizes of organizations and provide a simplified approach to Benefits planning to increase employee satisfaction.

Employee Benefits Ideas – Community

Children’s Aid Society of Toronto reaches out to the next generation through partnerships with educational institutions, offering placements for students in undergraduate, graduate and doctorate studies in a variety of fields, including law and social work

As part of the organization’s community outreach program, Cisco Systems Canada created the “Connected North” initiative in 2013 to provide video collaboration technology to schools and hospitals in remote Aboriginal communities across Canada to deliver virtual mental health and education services

As part of the organization’s charitable focus, Loblaw and its employees support numerous children’s charities across the country, granting over $130 million (in support of over 2.7 million children) since 1989 through the longstanding “President’s Choice Children’s Charity”

IMAX’s subsidized social committee organizes a number of events and celebrations for staff each year including a children’s holiday party, IMAX friends and family movie screenings for major blockbuster events, and summer events such as a volleyball tournament and billiard and bowling nights

In addition to maintaining a charitable focus on youth and environmental issues, Fleet Complete encourages employees to give back to local communities by providing donations to organizations where employees volunteer their time as well as matching employee donations

SickKids invests in ongoing training and development for its personnel and reaches out to the wider community, hosting numerous conferences and information sessions to share expertise as broadly as possible and maintains the impressive “Herbie Fund” program whereby surgeons volunteer their time and expertise to treat children from around the world

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Human Resources – Insights and Ideas

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