Key figures

 

Employment:

Employees

Workforce: 2,817

Number of women: 237

Number of blue collar workers: 1,276

Training:

Percentage of real expenditure in relation to payroll: 4.8%

Rate of access to training: 83.4%

Average number of hours of training per employee: 32.3

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Collective bargaining agreements signed by the site

• February 14, 2007: Rider to the agreement of February 11, 2005 on a profit-sharing agreement based on the performance of the Le Mans site.

• March 16, 2007: Agreement on the Reorganization of Working Hours, to make the site more flexible and competitive.

• March 16, 2007: Agreement on promoting staff initiative and creativity at Le Mans.
  

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Workforce

• A total 151 people hired on work/study programmes (apprentices and skills building contracts) for 2006/2007 and 2007/2008. The site also welcomed 200 interns.

• A group of people on a labour-market integration programme were hired on fixed-term contracts in partnership with the regional council.

• The site welcomed a number of teachers through Renault’s partnership with CERPET, an organization that sends technical teachers on temporary assignments to the business sector.

• The site participated in two regional jobs and internship forums.

• The site supported Agir-face, an association that combats exclusion.

 

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Training hours

A full 97% of the training plan was completed in 2007.  More than 80% of staff took part in at least one training action. The plan represents an average of more than 30 hours of training per employee.

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Occupational accidents

• The sites in Le Mans, Villeurbanne and Romania hold the Renault Management System (SMR) label for health, safety and working conditions.

• The main action undertaken was: rollout of the Safety Charter; manager training in Fundamentals of Safety; implementation of a process to promote safety best practices; audits of compliance with safety instructions during on-site operations.

• The site held its second Health and Safety Convention.

• A stress, anxiety and depression clinic was set up.

• A road safety initiative was organized, including an on-site competition in partnership with the Regional Public Health Office and a road safety association.
  
  

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Initiative & Creativity

A total of 21,251 Practical Suggestions for Improvement were put into practice in 2007, compared with 18,542 in 2006. The number of ideas actually put into practice per person is thus increasing every year. Practical Suggestions for Improvement are increasingly popular and effective, through continuous incentives to encourage initiative and creativity.

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Highlights

 

Initiatives to promote employees' fundamental rights

• Promoting health

A stress, anxiety and depression clinic was set up. The clinic makes it easier to talk about stress in the workplace, identify preventive measures and advise people at risk on where to seek help.  

• Promoting safety and good working conditions

Raise staff awareness of behaviour that can prevent accidents: a suggestions competition was held over 10 weeks. Each employee received documents on the benefits and achievements of positive behaviour, and on the preliminary requirements for preventing accidents.

• Promoting employment

Nine people were hired for 12 months on work/study programmes under a labour-market integration scheme. The scheme will enable these employees to obtain a qualification recognized by industry and increase their chances of finding further employment.