Top Employer: Société québécoise d'information juridique / SOQUIJ

Recognized as one of Montreal's Top Employers (2025):

Here are some of the reasons why Société québécoise d'information juridique / SOQUIJ was selected as one of Montreal's Top Employers (2025):

SOQUIJ encourages employees to plan ahead with retirement planning assistance and contributions to a defined benefit pension plan -- additionally, the organization offers phased-in work options for those nearing retirement, allowing them to gradually reduce their hours
SOQUIJ helps employees balance work and their personal commitments with a variety of flexible work options and 12 paid personal days each year -- the organization also helps to promote work-life balance with four weeks of starting vacation allowance
SOQUIJ provides maternity and parental leave top-up payments for employees who are new mothers (to 100 per cent of salary for up to 21 weeks), as well as parental top-up for fathers and adoptive parents (to 100 per cent of salary for up to six weeks)

The office entrance at SOQUIJ

Industry	Provincial government, legal services
Established in Canada	1976
Major Canadian locations	Montréal QC
Full-time employees in Canada	136
Part-time employees in Canada	7
Average age of employees in Canada	46 years
Longest serving employee	40 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, 35-hour work week (with full pay), compressed work week, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), telecommuting
Long-term savings	defined-benefit (DB) pension
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $1,000 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 100% of salary for 21 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 100% of salary for 6 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 100% of salary for 6 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 4 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 6 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, paid internships
Tuition subsidies (related to job)	yes
Employee charitable involvement	employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)