Annual Report 2010 - Outokumpu

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Diversity and equal rights
Outokumpu maintains a consistent policy of freedom of association, which means that employees in all of the Group's
operational locations are free to join trade unions in accordance with the rules and regulations that apply in local labour
markets. In 2010, approximately 90% of the permanent employees were covered by collective agreements.
The overall percentage of women in Outokumpu's permanent workforce is 17.4% (2009: 17.7%). We are continuously
working to address diversity issues and the Outokumpu Recruitment Guidelines were redefined in 2010. Our next subject
of focus is recruitment policy. Three members of the Outokumpu Board of Directors and one member of the Group
Executive Committee are female, and 58 women hold key leadership positions (17.7% of all key positions) within the
Group.
There were 0 strike days in 2010 (2009: 915, 2008: 4).
Outokumpu Annual Report 2010 – People & Society – Diversity and equal rights