TD Bank Financial Group Ranked One of Canada's Top 100 Employers
October 09 2007 - 1:13PM
PR Newswire (US)
TORONTO, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TD Bank Financial Group
(TDBFG) has been selected as one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by
MediaCorp, and featured in Maclean's Magazine. The award recognizes
"great employers who are exceptional business success stories."
Criteria used for selection included work and social atmosphere;
health, financial and family benefits; vacation and time off;
employee communications; performance management and training;
skills development; recruitment practices; physical workplace; and
community involvement. Judges also focused on family-friendly
workplaces, younger and older workers, recent immigrants and
environmental values. Teri Currie, Executive Vice President, Human
Resources, TDBFG, said the key to TD's success is great people. "We
work hard at making TD a great place for our employees and this
recognition is wonderful validation of our focus on being an
employer of choice." "We find out what's top-of-mind through
semi-annual surveys, ongoing focus groups and feedback from our
people managers and this guides the investments we make in our
employees. For example, based on employee input, we enhanced both
our Employee Savings Plan and our Parental Leave program in the
past year, changes that made both plans the best in our industry."
TD Bank Financial Group has also been recognized as the only major
Canadian Financial Institution to be named one of the Best
Workplaces in Canada by The Great Places to Work Institute. About
TD Bank Financial Group The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its
subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Financial Group. TD
Bank Financial Group serves more than 14 million customers in four
key businesses operating in a number of locations in key financial
centres around the globe: Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking,
including TD Canada Trust; Wealth Management, including TD
Waterhouse and an investment in TD Ameritrade; U.S. Personal and
Commercial Banking through TD Banknorth; and Wholesale Banking,
including TD Securities. TD Bank Financial Group also ranks among
the world's leading on-line financial services firms, with more
than 4.5 million on-line customers. TD Bank Financial Group had
CDN$404 billion in assets, as of July 31, 2007. The
Toronto-Dominion Bank trades on the Toronto and New York Stock
Exchanges under the symbol "TD", as well as on the Tokyo Stock
Exchange. DATASOURCE: TD Bank Financial Group CONTACT: Simon
Townsend, Corporate Communications, (416) 944-7161
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