Employee Development & Safety The indicators in this section relate to the City's ability to attract and retain qualified employees.Section Indicators Reporting frequency: Annually Last updated: 2025 View fullscreen
Comments The City’s permanent employee retention rate was 95.5% in 2025, a slight increase from 95.4 per cent in 2024. Retention has remained consistently high in recent years, generally in the 92-96 per cent range. The 2025 result continues the improvement seen since the low point in 2021 (87 per cent).
Training Budget as a Percentage of Payroll Costs The indicator measures the City's training budget as a percentage of total payroll.
Note: This measure does not capture the time employees spend in training or on-the-job training that doesn’t have a direct financial cost of delivery.
Reporting frequency: Annually Last updated: 2025 View fullscreen
Comments The City’s training budget represented 0.98 per cent of payroll costs in 2025. While this is slightly below 1.13 per cent in 2024, the ratio remained relatively stable and reflects the City’s continued investment in employee learning and development. Please note that retroactive pay for the Fire Services (IAFF) contract was not included in the calculation of this statistic.
Workplace Injury Frequency Rate The indicator measures the organization's frequency of lost time claims — how often a City employee experiences an injury resulting in lost time claims.
Reporting frequency: Annually Last updated: 2025 View fullscreen
Comments In 2025, the City of St. Albert reported a WCB Injury Frequency Rate of 2.03 claims per 100 employees, a slight improvement from 2.36 in 2024. This continues the City’s strong performance in maintaining lower workplace injury rates compared to the WCB “Cities” industry group, which reported an injury frequency rate of 3.49 in 2025. Overall, St. Albert remains below the industry benchmark, reflecting continued focus on workplace safety and injury prevention.
Workplace Injury Severity Rate The indicator measures the organization's severity of lost time claims — how long a City employee is unable to work as part of lost time claims.
Reporting frequency: Annually Last updated: 2025 View fullscreen
Comments In 2025, the City of St. Albert reported an Injury Severity Rate of 29.8 average days lost per claim, an increase from 10.6 in 2024. This increase is primarily attributed to complex psychological injury claims requiring longer recovery and return-to-work periods. Despite the year-over-year increase, the City’s severity rate remains comparable to the WCB “Cities” industry group (25.4) and continues to remain below the City’s recent five-year average.
Last edited: March 19, 2026
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