Key figures

 

Employment:

Employees

Workforce: 9,387

Number of women: 1,386

Number of blue collar workers: 3,464

 

Training:

Percentage of real expenditure in relation to payroll: 2.1%

Rate of access to training: 60%

Average number of hours of training per employee:  14

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Collective bargaining agreements signed by the site

• Agreement on Disability in January 2007

• Wage Agreement in February 2007

• Job Classifications Agreement in April 2007
  

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Workforce

• A total of 897 new employees were hired in France, of whom 573 on permanent contracts and 324 on fixed-term contracts.

• The 573 permanent positions broke down as: 43.4% production workers, 29% administrative staff, 22% supervisors, and 5.6% executives.

• Women accounted for 15.3% of new recruits.

• 499 people aged under 25 were hired.

• The site also hired 160 apprentices and 101 people on youth training schemes (48 production workers and 53 administrative staff).
  

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Training hours

The 2007 training plan saw the first phase of “new product” training to support the launch of new models under Renault Commitment 2009: Twingo and Laguna III. This training is intended for workshop technicians (electro-mechanics and technical coordinators) as well as for the sales force and delivery advisors. This year e-learning modules were introduced. They had an impact on the way employees learn, as well as on the length and cost of training.

Deployment of Renault Excellence Plan 4 (continuous improvement of customer service quality), which began in 2006, continued in 2007 for all the target groups on the job.

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Occupational accidents

• Improvement in all three rates (F1, F2 and S) with a significant decrease in the number of days off due to accidents from 5,384 to 3,971.

• More than 80% of Renault Retail Group sites in France now have the label.

• A major awareness-raising campaign on noise was organized.
  

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Initiative & Creativity

The system of Practical Suggestions for Improvement  has not been introduced at Renault Retail Group.

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Highlights

 

Initiatives to promote employees' fundamental rights

• Promoting safety and good working conditions

The investment policy focuses on risk prevention and improving working conditions.

• Ensuring equal opportunities

An agreement was signed with a micro-credit association (ADIE) to help get 20 young people in difficulty into the workplace by providing training and a loan of €2,000 each on the basis of an approved business project.
An Agreement on Disability signed in January 2007 includes provisions on vocational rehabilitation.