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$
41
250
annually for health spending
or personal wellness
1,847
staff volunteer hours last year
$
800
mental health
practitioner benefit
$
50,000
per week donated to locally
chosen projects
his professional development.
“That’s something special that I
did not expect,” he says.
UNI, which has multiple
subsidiaries including an
insurance company, also offers
the kind of expertise people
UNI Financial Cooperation supports employees in exploring various roles and opportunities within the
organization.
might expect to find from a much
larger financial institution, while
remaining rooted in smaller
communities, St-Pierre says.
“We have specialists in insurance
and actuarial science. That’s
expertise other credit unions
might not have.”
Employees feel connected to
the impact UNI has across the
province and in its communities,
St-Pierre says. UNI supported
more than 600 charities in 2024,
and the credit union donates over
$2 million annually to various
charitable causes. Employees also
receive seven paid volunteering
hours per year.
“We want New Brunswick
to grow, and we are part of that,”
he says.
