News for Employers

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Minimum Wage Changes October 1, 2020

The minimum wage rates in Ontario are increasing on October 1, 2020 as summarized in the following table:

Minimum wage rate

Current wage rate

Effective October 1, 2020

General minimum wage – applies to most employees

$14.00 per hour

$14.25 per hour

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

HR Reception closure

The Human Resource office will be closed on Monday, December 2nd from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for a full staff meeting. The HR reception desk will be closed during this time. Normal operations will resume at 10:30 a.m.

If you have any questions please contact hrhelp@uwaterloo.ca

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Waterloo recognized as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers

For the second year in a row, the University of Waterloo has received a Canada’s Best Diversity Employer award. In early March, representatives from Human Resources, Organizational & Human Development and the Equity Office accepted the award at a ceremony in Toronto.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Waterloo named a Canada Top 100 Employer for 2019

Waterloo employees receive Top 100 Employer award

For the third year in a row, the University of Waterloo was recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers (2019) and Waterloo Area's Top Employers (2019). The recipients of the national annual award were announced in The Globe and Mail on November 9th. The University was recognized for striving to be not only one of the most innovative universities in the world, but also one of the most employee-focused.