Registration Document 2005 - Total.com

Employment and environmental information
Information provided pursuant to Article L. 225-102-1
of the French Commercial Code
Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 225-102-1 of the French
Commercial Code enacted to implement the law of May 15, 2001
defining the new economic regulations (the NRE Act), the Company
must provide information on the manner in which it addresses the
employment and environmental consequences of its activities.
Employment
1) Employment trend
TOTAL S.A. EMPLOYEES
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The data required under these legal obligations are presented
below; however, management believes that the environmental
data does not seem relevant based on the parent company
TOTAL S.A. Therefore, the Company presents below the
environmental objectives of its subsidiaries. Beyond these legal
obligations, the Company has decided to publish a periodic report
entitled “Sharing Our Energy” which covers all the Group’s activities,
the employment and environmental consequences of those
activities, and which presents the performance and goals of the
entire Group in these areas.
As of December 31 2005 2004 2003
Men 4,035 3,902 3,764
Women 1,529 1,453 1,333
Total 5,564 5,355 5,097
Women represented 26% of the TOTAL S.A. workforce as of
December 31, 2005. An European agreement on equal opportunity
was signed within the Group on November 21, 2005.
This agreement is the outcome of the approach initiated by
the November 22, 2004 agreement concerning the European
employee platform, confirms the commitments made by the Group
to promote, develop and guarantee diversity in the workforce and
equal treatment for all employees, from recruitment until the end of
the employment contract.
AVERAGE AGE AND SENIORITY OF TOTAL S.A. EMPLOYEES 2005 2004 2003
Average age Men 45.1 44.6 43.7
Women 42.3 41.9 40.0
Average seniority Men 17.9 16.9 16.1
Women 16.8 16.0 14.2
TRANSFERS TO TOTAL S.A. 2005 2004 2003
External transfers CDI * 175 150 175
CDD ** 131 129 132
Internal transfers 147 145 243
Total 453 424 550
* open-ended employment contract
** fixed term employment contract
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