TORONTO, July 24,
2024 /CNW/ - Tangerine Bank* is thrilled to be
recognized on the Best Workplaces™ in Financial Services &
Insurance in Canada list by Great
Place to Work®. This employee-driven list provides an overall
portrait of workplace culture through attributes that matter most
to employees working in the financial services and insurance
industry, like credibility, trust, respect, fairness, pride, and
camaraderie.
"Our mission at Tangerine is to create a culture where
innovation, diversity, and teamwork are at the centre of everything
we do," said Gillian Riley,
President and CEO of Tangerine Bank. "This recognition, directly
from our employees, is an amazing testament to the foundation we've
built, and we're focused on continuing to evolve together, having a
lot of fun along the way."
Tangerine is known by its clients in Canada for its innovative and vibrant brand.
As an employer, Tangerine is focused on creating an environment
where employees feel like they belong and can drive innovation
forward. Current initiatives that contribute to the culture
include:
- Expanding agile capabilities and working models that enable
employees to thrive together.
- Providing employees with a learning curriculum focused on how
to innovate and maximize their impact with clients and their own
careers.
- Employing continuous feedback loops throughout the year to
ensure employees are being heard and actioning initiatives that
keep the culture moving in the right direction.
- Investing in inclusion as the only way forward, providing
accessible and inclusive workspaces and supporting employee-led
people networks. Tangerine recently rolled out an Inclusion Index –
a metric that measures whether employees feel that Tangerine is
committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace -- as of
May 2024, this number was at
92%.
Tangerine Bank employees additionally benefit from the below
initiatives that contribute to inclusive culture:
- The introduction of the Bank's Global Inclusive Standards of
Care for employee benefits to provide a more consistent experience
for employees, with a focus initially on closing healthcare gaps
for women and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
- A global standard for parental leave for employees across the
Bank's footprint. The offering was enhanced for employees in
Canada in 2023 and provides 8
fully paid weeks for eligible parents welcoming a new child and 8
additional fully paid weeks for eligible parents who have given
birth.
- Recently increased fertility treatment coverage to a lifetime
maximum of $20,000, in addition to
$10,000 each for adoption and
surrogacy coverage to support employees in their journey to become
parents.
- Ongoing investments to our Global Inclusion efforts,
including:
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- The creation and hiring of the Bank's first VP of Global
Inclusion, signifying the importance of continuing to prioritize
DEI and Indigenous Inclusion initiatives.
- The launch of the Indigenous Inclusion Team in August 2023, responsible for supporting all
Indigenous Employees and non-Indigenous people working with
- the Indigenous Community at Scotiabank and to develop solutions
to replace discomfort with care and action while providing ongoing
cultural awareness education.
- The introduction of new learning resources to support employees
in using inclusive language and actions to create equitable work
environments, as well as how to make inclusive hiring decisions, in
addition to more than 450 DEI-specific learning resources available
to all employees to support their inclusion journey.
*Tangerine Bank is a subsidiary of Scotiabank® and is included
in the employee sample list for Great Place To Work® Trust Index
survey for Canada.
About Great Place to Work®:
Great Place to Work is the global authority on high-trust,
high-performance workplace cultures. A global research and
consulting firm, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks 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, and represents the voices of
500,000 employees across industry. This is part of the world's
largest annual workplace study, recognizing the world's Best
Workplaces in a series of national lists including those published
by The Globe & Mail (Canada)
and Fortune magazine (USA). Visit
us at www.greatplacetowork.ca
About Tangerine Bank
Tangerine Bank is a bank without branches – a bank that prides
itself on delivering simplified everyday banking to Canadians. With
over 2 million Clients and close to $40
billion in total assets, it's Canada's leading digital bank. Tangerine
offers banking that's flexible and accessible, innovative products
and services, fair fees, and award-winning client service. With
over 1,200 employees in Canada,
the bank's presence extends beyond its website and Mobile Banking
app to its 24/7 Contact Centres. Tangerine Bank was launched as ING
DIRECT Canada in 1997. In 2012, Tangerine was acquired by
Scotiabank and operates independently as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Learn more here.
Connect with Tangerine Bank:
On Instagram: @tangerinebank
On TikTok: @tangerinebank
On Facebook: Facebook.com/TangerineBank
SOURCE Tangerine