K+S Canada was recognized as one of Saskatchewan’s top employers for 2019, with a mine located within a short distance from Moose Jaw.
The miner has been on the top employers list since 2014. The Bethune mine was commissioned in 2016.
The competition, organized by Canada Top 100 Employers, chose K+S again for three main reasons.
The company helps balance personal and family commitments though a Plus Time program that provides employees with 40 hours at the beginning of each year to use for family appointments, eldercare or personal time.
The flexible health benefits plan offers employees $500 a year to spend on anything in health care from gym memberships to eldercare.
The K+S focus on charity, related to youth, environment, sustainability, employment and skills training, provides employees time off to volunteer. Employees get to vote on selected charity support for donations up to $10,000.
In the competition’s eight categories, K+S received an A rating in all but two with an A+ in training and skills and a B+ in financial benefits and compensation.
Competing potash mine Mosaic wasn’t on the list for the first time since 2013.
Other employers on the list with operations in Moose Jaw included Harvard Developments, ISM Canada, Saskatchewan Crop Insurance, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, SaskPower, and SaskTel. All were repeat winners from 2018.
Any corporation in Saskatchewan can apply to the competition which selects the best employers based on physical workplace, work atmosphere/communications, financial benefits and compensation, health and family-friendly benefits, vacation and time-off benefits, employee engagement and performance, training and skills development and community involvement.
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]
