Key figures

 

Employment:

Employees

Workforce: 443

Number of women: 38

Number of blue collar workers: 232

Training:

Percentage of real expenditure in relation to payroll: 5.3%

Rate of access to training: 90%

Average number of hours of training per employee:  29.8

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Collective bargaining agreements signed by the site

Three agreements were negotiated in 2007. A rider to the profit-sharing agreement based on the site's performance was signed in early 2007. An agreement to increase the flexibility potential was negotiated in 2006, alongside efforts to bring down the average age of the workforce, upgrade skills and modernize the plant. A rider to this agreement was negotiated in 2007.

The agreement reached after discussion allowed the site to tailor its work organisation to its core business of Standard Replacement, while meeting personnel expectations.  This new flexibility agreement makes it possible to:

• increase the plant’s production capacity;

• put in place a week-by-week flexibility system, while guaranteeing stable working hours for personnel;

• optimise the attendance time / work time ratio;

• boost production in busy weeks;

• make the introduction of a night shift more competitive and easier to reverse.

In March 2007 an agreement to promote staff initiative and creativity was negotiated and signed by all the representative trade unions present on-site.

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Workforce

In 2007 46 employees left the site while 34 new recruits arrived.  These staff movements, which are considerable given the size of the site, contributed to meeting productivity objectives and upgrading skills. 

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Training hours

An active policy based on the use of "cascade trainers" made it possible to complete the training plan, which comprised more than 13,000 hours of training, while keeping within budget.

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Occupational accidents

Choisy-le-Roi has notched up 1,242 working days without an occupational accident, as of December 31, 2007. This result was achieved on the basis of Group policy, working targets, and the management of Health, Safety and Working Conditions, through an approved internal system. A full 1,065 hours of training were provided in this area. An annual convention on the theme "Prevention and Employability" was organized in January 2008.

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Initiative & Creativity

Savings delivered by the system doubled in 2007 compared with 2006. Concerning management, a Plant Committee with one expert from each function holds monthly meetings. Indicators are sent to management in order to ensure a fast response.

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Highlights

 

Initiatives to promote employees' fundamental rights

• Promoting safety and good working conditions

At end December 2007, the site had notched up 1,242 days without lost-time occupational accidents. This result can be explained by strict application of the health, safety and working conditions system. The progress made in the action plans set up in each of the priority areas identified in 2007 is monitored by the management committee on a monthly basis. Main points include audits, a single list of problems, an ergonomics plan and strong commitment by the entire workforce.

• Promoting employment

A committee on Disabled Personnel was set up. Chaired by the occupational doctor, it also includes managers and the Human Resources function. The committee meets every two weeks. Its role is to provide a suitable job position for all employees with problems of physical aptitude.