The City of Oshawa values its employees and provides a competitive and comprehensive program to attract, retain, develop and inspire staff. The Oshawa Advantage includes:
Talent management is the umbrella term for how we support talent throughout the entire life cycle of an employee from hire to retire. It starts with attracting talent (the right people for the right jobs), onboarding talent (setting our new people up for success), developing talent (through our various training and development programs), retaining talent (making sure our people are engaged and happy to work here), and even offboarding talent (helping our people transition successfully into retirement or to a new opportunity).
The City of Oshawa is dedicated to providing our employees with fulfilling careers, career development and life-long learning opportunities.
We enable our employees in reaching their career goals by providing the following: |
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Healthy is the new "Happy"! The City of Oshawa is committed to providing our employees with a healthy, safe, inclusive, accessible, and supportive workplace that is consistent with our Core Values. Through education, training and promotion of wellness and safety programs, we recognize the importance of a healthy workplace and work-life balance that promotes employee growth and wellness.
The City of Oshawa has established an active Healthy Workplace Program, which celebrates and recognizes the importance of a healthy lifestyle at work and at home.
We actively work to promote a healthy environment for our employees through a variety of programs and initiatives including: |
workLIFE Program - helps our employees balance work and personal life through various options such as:
Employee Family Assistance Program
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For your hardworking ways, you deserve some praise. It’s important to us that employees feel recognized and valued for their hard work and dedication.
We also offer and have partnered with other third parties to provide high value offers and preferred pricing.
As a City of Oshawa employee, we recognize you and you have access to many great perks and discount programs including: |
Our Offers
Workperks
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You got paid! We offer salaries and incentives that are competitive to the market and reflect the cost of living.
The City of Oshawa compensation framework is designed to attract, retain and motivate employees while aligning with relevant legislation, including pay equity and Ontario Employment Standards.
The City of Oshawa offers competitive salaries and monetary incentives including: |
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We care about your health and want to help protect you and your family. The City of Oshawa offers comprehensive health benefits and insurance programs at no cost to employees.
Our Health Benefits offset the cost of services and products not fully covered by provincial health care.
These services and products include: |
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Saving for the future is important! Retirement pensions and defined benefit plans offered by companies have become a thing of the past. The City of Oshawa recognizes the importance of these and employees are eligible to participate in various retirement programs in order to help them plan and save for their retirement along with being recognized for their service.
Participating staff receive: |
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(Please note that this information is primarily based on full time permanent employment. Some of the programs and incentives may not apply to all positions)