Sustainability Report 2011 - Balfour Beatty Rail

Healthy communities
Wellbeing and absence
Our people are key in everything we do and we focus on supporting
individuals to achieve their full potential in the Group while leading a
healthy and balanced lifestyle.
Why this matters to us
Our people are our most important asset. By recognising this we
ensure that we continue to support all of our employees to reach
their highest potential and to lead healthy and balanced lifestyles.
Appraisals
To help our employees to understand their performance and
progress we have a programme of annual appraisals. In 2010, 59%
(restated) of our staff (excluding joint ventures and our US
Construction Business staff) received appraisals; this number
remained static in 2011. We aim to conduct appraisals with 90% of
employees in 2012.
Percentage of employees who received appraisals
(excluding Joint Ventures and US Construction)
%
100
50
0
63
59
2009 2010 2011
Employee wellbeing
Year
Our absence rate rose slightly from 2.1% to 2.2% from 2010 to
2011. While this increase in absence among our staff is concerning
we are pleased to report a decline in the percentage of days absent
due to work-related sickness and injury.
2010 2011
Percentage days’ absences due to workrelated
sickness
Percentage days’ absences due to work-
1.6% 0.6%
related injury 1.8% 1.2%
This improvement has been helped by our continued use of the
Tr@ction system, which allows employees to report safety near
misses in the workplace. Through investigating and trending data
entered on Tr@ction, we are continuing to make our workplaces
safer, healthier and more conducive to the quality of work we
seek from our employees.
Know your numbers
We ensure that we support the wellbeing of our employees through
being legally compliant, ensuring that all our employees are fit for
work and supporting their wellbeing both at work and at home.
Our Occupational Health programme encourages employees to
lead healthier lifestyles through regular exercise and healthy diet.
In 2011, Balfour Beatty Plant & Fleet Services developed
a programme that provides free health checks followed by
an “Understand Your Numbers” session to help employees
understand their results and suggest actions they could take
to improve their general health.
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These feet were
made for walking
The Global Corporate Challenge is the world’s largest
corporate health initiative improving employee health
and wellbeing. To participate, teams of seven undertake
a virtual walk around the world recording progress on
pedometers. During 2011, 289 teams completed the
16-week challenge, averaging five miles per person
(13,000 steps), with many achieving considerably more.
Our best-performing team “Simply Dashing”, from BK Gulf,
travelled an incredible 10 miles per person per day.
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Wellbeing in Dubai
Balfour Beatty operates in over 80 countries, some of which
have very different laws and standards of living from those in
the UK. Dutco Balfour Beatty and BK Gulf, our two Dubaibased
joint venture businesses employ several thousand
hourly paid people in the UAE, principally from the Indian
subcontinent and further afield in South-East Asia. Their
wellbeing is important to us and during their stay in Dubai,
they live in purpose-built, company-serviced accommodation.
It contains a dedicated clinic manned by fully qualified
medical personnel, a central laundry service and facilities
to follow their religious beliefs. There are both subsidised
restaurants and full kitchen facilities, access to satellite TV,
cash machines and an abundance of green space for sport.
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Balfour Beatty Sustainability Report 2011