AIR CANADA
INTRODUCTION:- Air Canada is Canada’s biggest carrier organization and also the largest service
provider to travelers in the Canadian market and worldwide market too. It is Canada’s national
airline established by Canadian federal government. Air Canada is serving in excess of 200 airports
on six continents and served more than 42 million consumers. Air Canada is the only international
network carrier in North America to receive a four- star ranking according to the research.
Headquarters :- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Founded :- 10 April 1937
Employees :- More than 30,000
Largest hubs :- Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
Owned by :- Canadian Government
One of the top 100 Employers in Canada (2020)
RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF MONTREAL’S TOP EMPLOYERS (2020):- Air Canada has been
very efficient from an HRM viewpoint. As stated in various reports, Air Canada has great
reputation as it comes under the list of top employers of Canada. Moreover, Air Canada has
been rated with 3.8 rating on Glassdoor (company review website) and Indeed. The main
purpose of Air Canada’s human resource department is to provide great work culture to the
employees without any discrimination. Company focused on core areas of human resource that
are effective staffing, development, safety & health, compensation , employee satisfaction and
labor relations. As a responsible employer, Air Canada has been taking good care of their
employee’s health and safety needs and their other requirements. Here are some of the reasons
why Air Canada is selected as top employer and best place to work for:-
1. Training initiatives 2. Job security
3. Positive environment 4. Retirement plans
5. Safe workplace 6. Accommodation
7. Fair selection 8. High Salaries
9. Flexible working hours 10. Medical and Insurance
The first and foremost thing is that Air Canada provides various training programs,
opportunities for advancement, diploma courses, French & English Language training and
other initiatives to their employees.
Air Canada provides positive and safer work environment to their employees by
understanding and fulfilling their all safety and security requirements.
Company believes in non-biased selection process as they hire their personnel without any
discrimination on the basis of race, gender, religion and nationality etc.
The best thing employees enjoy while working with Air Canada is flexible working schedule.
Company provides working hours to their employees according to their convenience. Air
Canada also provides part time work opportunities to individuals.
Air Canada also provides effective pension plans and after job services to their staff which
helps the employees to fulfill their personal goals and objectives.
In case of wages and other incentives, Company provides high salaries to all the
administrative staff and other employees, crew members and pilots. Air Canada also provides
vacation policies, free flights and accommodation & travel facilities. Other financial services
includes performance bonus, stock options, equity incentive plans etc.
In case of Insurance, Health & wellness, Air Canada provides number of insurance plans
which includes health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, disability insurance etc.
Other than this, Air Canada offers:
Inclusive culture where every individual can deliver their best performance.
Smooth flow of information between each level of Air Canada staff which helps in their
working efficiency.
Harassment free environment where every staff member receives respect.
Feedback and performance appraisal tools where every employee get regular feedback and
proper appreciation so that they can get motivation and give their best at every level of work.
Various meetings where employee- employers share their ideas and views which also
improve employee participation.
Following are some employees reviews from Indeed for Air Canada:-
CONCLUSION:- To recapitulate, after reviewing all the human resource management practices of
Air Canada, I believe that the company is effective from HRM viewpoint. Company aims at
increasing profitability and organizational goals while preserving the rights of Human Resource. All
these effective HRM practices make the company best employer in Canada.
REFERENCES:-
1. https://reviews.canadastop100.com/top-employer-air-canada?lang=en
2. https://www.payscale.com/research/CA/Employer=Air_Canada/Benefits
3. https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/air-canada-is-named-a-top-employer-in-
montreal-for-the-seventh-consecutive-year-848401800.html
