Get out and move – go for a walk, run, bike ride, or a swim on May 10 with other Burnaby residents.
Why? Because May 10 is the City of Burnaby’s Move for Health Day, and everyone within the city’s limits is being encouraged to get out and move.
The city is hosting a number of activities for all ages, including canoeing at Deer Lake, walking on the Trans Canada Trail, and swimming at the new Edmonds Community Centre’s pool.
More details about the event will be released as the date approaches. For more information, visit www.burnaby.ca.
Move for Health Day is an international event, which was created in 2002 by the World Health Organization to promote exercise.
Top employer
Fraser Health Authority was named one of B.C.’s Top Employers in 2014, according to almost 70 per cent of its staff polled.
B.C.’s Top Employers is an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. The designation recognizes employers in the province that lead their industries by offering a place people want to work.
Employers are evaluated by the editors using the same criteria as the national competition: physical workplace; work and social atmosphere; health, financial and family benefits; vacation and time off; employee communications; and community involvement, among others.
According to the competition, Fraser Health gives new employees either three or four weeks of paid vacation allowance and considers previous work experience when setting vacation entitlements. The authority also supports new mothers with maternity leave top-up payments (85 per cent of salary for 17 weeks).
Fraser Health also provides tuition subsidies for courses taken at outside institutions, in-house and online training programs, and professional accreditation subsidies.
The longest serving employee has been with Fraser Health for 44 years, and the average age of employees is 42. There are 11,751 full-time employees and 6,120 part-time.
For more information, visit www.canadastop100.com/bc.
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