Digital Extremes: Difference between revisions

Digital Extremes employment environment has been recognized as one of Canada's Top Employer's for 2012 <ref>{{cite web|author=Canada's Top 100 |url=http://www.canadastop100.com/national/ |title=Canada's Top 100 Employers: National Competition |publisher=Canadastop100.com |date=2011-10-07 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref>. Additionally, the company has been recognized as one of Canada's top employers for Young People <ref>{{cite web|author=Canada's Top 100 |url=http://www.canadastop100.com/young_people/ |title=Canada's Top 100 Employers for Young People |publisher=Canadastop100.com |date=2011-09-19 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref>. On the provincial level, Digital Extremes received the Ontario Small Business Award in 2010<ref>{{cite web|author=Jody Lundrigan |url=http://occ.on.ca/2010/twelve-ontario-businesses-named-winners-of-business-and-export-excellence/ |title=Twelve Ontario Businesses Named Winners of Business and Export Excellence |publisher=http://occ.on.ca |date=201-09-16 |accessdate=2012-02-09}}</ref>. Digital Extremes was also presented with the Large Business of the Year award in 2011 from the London Chamber of Commerce<ref>{{cite web|author=London Chamber of Commerce |title=Business Achievement Awards - Business of the Year Hall of Fame | url=http://www.londonchamber.com/events/business_achievement_awards/}</ref>. In 2011, a Quality Assurance testerTester filed a complaint with the Ontario Ministry of Labour for approximately 52 hours of overtime pay, on the basis that Qualitythe Assuranceemployee's testersresponsibilities doas nota fallGame underTester an "Information Technology Professional" exemption from working hour andrequired overtime pay regulations. This exemption is described on The Ministry of Labour's [http://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/es/pubs/guide/special.php#information websitecompensation.] The complaint was upheld by Digital Extremes<ref>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Labour |title=Digital Extremes Employment Standards Claim December 2011 | url=http://gileswhitaker.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/gw_vs_de_2011.pdf}}</ref>.This was paid by Digital Extremes without contest<ref>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Labour |title=Digital Extremes Employment Standards Claim December 2011 | url=http://gileswhitaker.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/gw_vs_de_2011.pdf}}</ref>.