Key figures

 

Employment:

Employees

Workforce: 819

Number of women: 39

Number of blue collar workers: 507

 

Training:

Percentage of real expenditure in relation to payroll: 2.5%

Rate of access to training: 93%

Average number of hours of training per employee: 24

 

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Collective bargaining agreements signed by the site

• Rider to the agreement on company profit-sharing.

• Agreement with a coalition of employers to reduce precarious employment.

• Rider to the Agreement on Reorganization of Worktime.

• Agreement on Saturday and Sunday working.
  

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Workforce

The site hired 12 operators, 6 technicians and 4 executives.

It also hired nine apprentices studying for a qualification (6 studying for the technical school certificate, 2 for the baccalaureate and 1 for the post-secondary vocational training certificate).

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Training hours

• A full 90% of the training plan was delivered.

• Strategic training action on logistics basics was deployed.

• Deployment of new training, such as in interview techniques.
  

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Occupational accidents

STA is continuing prevention initiatives in safety, working conditions and ergonomics by organizing safety Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) in every Basic Work Team (BWT) – manufacturing, support services, etc. The company also runs action on road safety to reduce the number of road accidents.

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Initiative & Creativity

Every year STA holds a suggestions meeting to reward the best Practical Suggestions for Improvement from the past year. In 2007 a suggestions challenge was held to improve operational efficiency. A total 2,780 suggestions were submitted during the challenge.

 

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Highlights

 

Initiatives to promote employees' fundamental rights

• Promoting health

The site is continuing its anti-smoking program and handing out factsheets on nutrition in partnership with the company’s private health insurer.

• Creating jobs

Nine apprentices studying towards a qualification were hired (6 studying for the technical school certificate, 2 for the baccalaureate and 1 for the post-secondary vocational training certificate), as well as 12 operators, 6 technicians and 4 executives on permanent contracts. The company joined a coalition of employers to reduce precarious employment.

• Respecting working hours and right to paid holidays

- The company ensures that employees take four weeks of annual paid leave.

- The site applies the Agreement on Reorganization of Worktime, which allows leave to be granted to comply with an average 35-hour working week over the year.