As a Leading Bank in the Americas, Scotiabank
also places on lists of Best Workplaces in the Caribbean, Central
America, Dominican
Republic, Costa Rica, and
Panama.
TORONTO, April 15, 2021 /CNW/ - For the second year in a
row, Scotiabank is proud to be recognized as one of the Best
Workplaces™ in Canada by Great
Place to Work®. Scotiabank also earns this
esteemed recognition in several countries where it operates, also
placing on the lists of Best Workplaces in the Caribbean, Central
America, Dominican
Republic, Costa Rica, and
Panama for 2021.
"We firmly believe our people are our most important asset, so
it's fantastic to see that our employees feel Scotiabank is a great
place to work," says Barb Mason,
Group Head and Chief Human Resources Officer, Scotiabank. "An
environment in which employee wellbeing, belonging, and growth are
top priorities can only lead to better support of our customers and
communities."
Over the past year, Scotiabank has done the following, and much
more, to provide employees with key resources to support their
total wellbeing and career development:
- Prioritized employee total wellbeing and mental health by
introducing flexible benefits such as remote, virtual healthcare
and increased top-ups for parental leave, 5 paid personal days for
all eligible employees in Canada
and offering $3,000 of mental health coverage;
- Enabled skill building, learning and development for a digital
future by launching Scotia Academy, a new modular virtual
learning experience allowing employees the opportunity to learn as
they work using modern technology;
- Renewed its diversity and inclusion goals to increase the
diversity of its employee population over the next five years. and
ensuring it remains workplace of choice for the diverse communities
it serves; and
- Supported its communities – in a year where COVID-19 has
impacted our communities in an unprecedented way, Scotiabank
contributed more than $16 million to supporting those
most at risk during the pandemic, including direct contributions
for COVID-19 relief as well as support for hospitals and healthcare
professionals.
The 2021 Best Workplaces™ in Canada list is compiled by the Great Place to
Work® Institute. The competition process to be
ranked on this list is employee driven, based on two
criteria: two-thirds of the total score comes from confidential
employee survey results and the remaining one-third from an
in-depth review of the organization's culture. This offers a
rigorous representation of the organization from an employee
perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture.
Together, they provide crucial data relative to five trust-building
dimensions: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and
camaraderie.
This year's list captured the experience and sentiment of over
82,000 employees, rolling out to impact over 300,000 Canadian
employees.
For more information, please contact the Institute at
bestworkplaces@greatplacetowork.ca or visit
www.greatplacetowork.ca
About Scotiabank
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the
Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our
customers, their families and their communities achieve success
through a broad range of advice, products and services, including
personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private
banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.
With a team of approximately 90,000 employees and assets of
approximately $1.2 trillion (as at
January 31, 2021), Scotiabank trades
on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit
http://www.scotiabank.com and follow us on Twitter
@ScotiabankViews.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to
Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-
performance workplace cultures. It is a global research and
consulting firm with a mission to build a better society by helping
companies transform their workplaces. Great Place to
Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise
needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace
cultures. In Canada, Great Place
to Work® produces both industry and demographic specific
Best Workplace™ lists. This is part of the world's largest annual
workplace study, which culminates in a series of national lists in
over 50 countries, including the study's flagship list of 100 Best
Companies published annually in Fortune magazine.
Globally, this survey represents the voices of 11 million
employees, which are the primary determinant used in selecting
winners. There's only one way to get on this list – your
employees have to put you on it. Check out
www.greatplacetowork.ca.
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SOURCE The Bank of Nova
Scotia