registration document France Telecom 2009 - Orange.com

employees
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS
Delegations and the Administrative Negotiation Commissions
and the Consultative Negotiation Commissions (electoral body
with 117,545 electors; participation rate of 73.46% in the fi rst
round).
The electoral cycle continued in October, when Group
employees were called to elect their representatives to the
Board of Directors (electoral body with 119,263 electors;
participation rate of 61.20% in the fi rst round).
12 agreements and amendments were signed in 2009, some
of which focused on major topics such as jobs for seniors and
measures to help people in the second half of their careers,
as well as telecommuting, a measure included in the Group’s
process for rebuilding.
Labour issues were a major part of the agenda in the second
half of 2009. Management and Labour representatives entered
into broad negotiations on a variety of topics starting in late
August. These negotiations continued into early 2010. In the
same vein, negotiations were started concerning the National
Interprofessional Agreement on stress. These negotiations
should come to a conclusion soon.
The French Works Council (Comité Groupe France), the body
that brings together the Group’s French subsidiaries, met fi ve
times in 2009 and works on information on the business, the
fi nancial situation, the development of employment and the
Group’s structure.
In Europe
The European Works Council is a place for discussion and
dialogue on overall economic, fi nancial and social issues that
go beyond any single country (manufacturing and innovation
strategy, major investment policies, acquisitions, employment,
etc.). In 2009, it held three physical meetings: one in Paris, one
in Strasbourg and one in Bratislava.
This committee has 32 employee representatives from
20 countries: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany,
Austria, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Greece, Poland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Romania,
Slovakia and Switzerland.
Internationally
The Group began negotiations to create a body for world-wide
dialogue for Labour relations in the Group.
The purpose of this body will be to:
■ disseminate the Group’s overall strategy via multiple channels;
■ present transnational projects that go beyond Europe and
discuss them with employee representatives;
■ develop the base for Labour relations in accordance with the
Group’s objectives and values.
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17.5 HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS
Z HEALTH AND SAFETY CONDITIONS – FRANCE TELECOM S.A.
Indicator 2009 (1) 2008 2007 (2)
Frequency rate of work-related accidents (3) 5.10 4.60 4.88
Severity rate of work-related accidents (4) 0.32 0.28 0.27
Number of fatal accidents 1 (5) - 4 (6)
(1) 2009 data is provisional.
(2) 2007 values have been recalculated for the scope of France Telecom S.A.
(3) The frequency of work-related accidents corresponds to the number of work-related accidents with leave per million hours theoretically worked.
(4) The seriousness rate of work-related accidents corresponds to the number of lost days for work-related accidents per million hours theoretically worked.
(5) Commuting accident.
(6) All are traffi c accidents (one work-related accident and three commuting accidents).
Although 2009 brought out the importance of psycho-social
risks (cf. last part of Chapter 17.1), it was also a year for
continuing the work started in previous years.
This work focused primarily on risk assessment, regulatory
compliance and support for the units. In addition to these major
shared policies, certain risks have been the subject of special
plans.
Key Actions Continued in 2009
Prevention Actors
In 2009, a new prevention training session was introduced. The
French telecommunications national employment commission
(CPNE) wanted to take part this year. After the labeling phase
conducted in previous years, it graded the quality of work,
choosing one participant whose approach, analysis and
management in his/her subject was exemplary.
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