The company had 331,266 employees at year-end 2011. The nature of its activities means that 62% of Veolia Environnement's employees are manual workers. This goes some way to explaining why women account for a small percentage of the total workforce. Even so, under its active policy in favor of diversity, Veolia is committed to increasing the number of women it employs.
Veolia Environnement aims to set the standard in social performance. The company monitors and manages its human resources using a series of 200 measurement indicators gathered and compiled by over 900 correspondents in 77 countries. Veolia Environnement is considered to be one of the leading CAC 40 companies for the comprehensiveness and quality of its social data.
331,266 employees
263,288 men / 67,978 women, i.e. 20.5% of the total workforce
Breakdown by type of contract (Dec. 31, 2011)
- 92% Unlimited-term contract
- 8% Fixed-term contract
The company's human resources policy hinges on a determination to promote employee loyalty. Over 90% are on permanent contracts.
The number of fixed-term contracts, part-time contracts and temporary staff is low and stable.
Average annual gross pay has increased and the company also actively seeks to promote job mobility.
Over 6.6 million training hours in 2011
Training is a cornerstone of Veolia Environnement's HR policy. The company actively supports mobility and skills development in keeping with each of its business lines. Veolia provided over 6 million training hours in 2010, the vast majority of which involved non-managerial categories of employees. More than a third of training hours delivered focused on safety.
The accident frequency and severity rates continue to decrease
Veolia Environnement makes employee safety a key priority. The accident frequency rate continued to decrease in 2011 However, results still differ from one activity to the next.
2,199 collective agreements
Veolia Environnement also seeks to promote effective labor relations. The company signed more collective agreements in 2011 (+2.6% vs 2010). These related mainly to compensation agreements, as well as labor relations, health and safety, orr working conditions. The number of personnel representatives now amounts to 17,162.
