Best Workplaces, Benchmarks & Trends, Company Culture, Employee Engagement , Purpose
Key Takeaways:
- Community investment: Strong programs combine employee time, professional talent and financial support to create meaningful community impact.
- Employee volunteering: Paid volunteer time makes community involvement more accessible and helps employees support causes that matter to them.
- Donation matching: Matching employee donations and volunteer hours extends the reach of individual contributions and encourages participation.
- Skills-based volunteering: Employees can apply their professional expertise to community challenges while developing valuable workplace skills.
- Employee-led giving: Committees, surveys and charity nominations give employees a meaningful role in shaping community programs.
Great Place to Work® is pleased to announce the 2019 list of Canada’s Best Workplaces™ for Giving Back. To be eligible for this list, organizations must be Great Place to Work Certified™ in the past year and at least a 90% of employees must feel good about the way their company contributes to community. We determined the best based the overall Community Investment Index score from employees, as well as the range and quality of programs which encourages workplace community investment.
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For many organizations, the journey to becoming one of the Best Workplaces for Giving Back begins with a strong corporate commitment to sharing time, talent and treasure with the community. Read on to learn how the winning organizations get the most out of their community investment strategy, by leveraging the power of their people.
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About our lists
Great Place to Work® publishes a series of Best Workplaces™ lists based on feedback from more than 300,000 employees at Great Place to Work Certified™ organizations across all industries in Canada. Employees complete an anonymous Trust Index© survey, answering questions about how frequently they experience behaviors that create a great workplace, including, the transparency of communication, degree of collaboration, quality of benefits programs, opportunity for professional development, and support for work-life balance. If 7/10 employees respond positively to the survey, the organization becomes Great Place to Work Certified™ for one year. Results from the survey are highly reliable, having a 95% confidence level with +/- 5% margin of error.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and certification programs, GPTW recognizes the world's Best Workplaces™ in a series of national lists including those published by The Globe & Mail (Canada) and Fortune magazine (USA). Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures.
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Frequently Asked Questions:
What qualifies an organization as a Best Workplace for Giving Back?
Organizations must be Great Place to Work Certified™, have at least 90% of employees feel positively about their community contributions and demonstrate strong community investment programs.
How can employers create an effective community investment strategy?
Combine a clear organizational commitment with practical opportunities for employees to contribute their time, skills and financial support.
How does paid volunteer time support employee participation?
Paid volunteer time allows employees to contribute during working hours, making service opportunities easier to access and participate in consistently.
How can employee input strengthen workplace giving programs?
Invite employees to recommend causes, serve on community committees and help choose charitable partners so programs reflect shared interests and values.
