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E mployee Relations Indicators
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600 employees were made redundant as a result of difficult business
conditions in Argentina, where automobile demand plunged 53%
during the year. Short-time working schedules, which reduced
worktime by 800,000 hours, helped the Group to maintain
manufacturing capacity and to rank among the leading international
corporations to reinvest in Argentina. Jobs were eliminated at the
Madrid plant, primarily due to the termination of a military vehicle
maintenance business. In France, reorganization of the Credipar
network, which was reduced from 32 to 16 agencies, led to nearly 80
geographic transfers. Each employee was offered at least two other
positions in the finance company business or in the rest of the Group.
Those who didn’t accept these positions were offered jobs with other
companies through a specialized outplacement bureau.
Work organization
6.1. Short-time working hours lost
Europe outside Outside
France France Europe Total
Automobile
Division 275,750 0 802,350 1,078,100
Finance Companies 0 370 0 370
Transportation
and Logistics 0 670 7,800 8,470
Other Businesses 10,450 (1) 0 0 10,450
Total 286,200 1,040 810,150 1,097,390
In almost every country of operation, working hours are determined on
an annual basis, meaning that the 1,097,390 short-time hours lost in
the table above concerned the entire year. They represented 0.4% of
the estimated total 270 million hours worked in 2002. More than 80%
of the short-time hours lost resulted from the difficult business
conditions encountered in Argentina, where the 800,000 short-time
hours lost helped to avoid 500 redundancies. The short-time hours lost
in France mainly concerned the Rennes plant. They resulted from a
decline in demand for upper-middle range vehicles in certain European
markets and from difficulties in supply.
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6.2. Overtime
Europe outside Outside
France France Europe Total
Automobile
Division 1,576,360 1,517,800 258,520 3,352,680
Finance
Companies 1,920 16,760 0 18,680
Transportation
and Logistics 338,640 35,790 15,000 389,430
Other Businesses 25,780 100 0 25,880
Total 1,942,700 1,570,450 273,520 3,786,670
In almost every country of operation, working hours are determined on an
annual basis. The number of overtime hours represented 1.5% of the total
hours worked in the Group during the year. In response to the more than
40% increase in unit sales in the past four years, a number of structural
solutions have been implemented, including additional shifts and non-stop
operation during vacation periods. As a result, Group plants worked
at 117% capacity compared with the two-shift benchmark.
6.3. Special work schedules (1)
Special work schedules France Europe outside France Outside Europe Total
Double shifts: 29,880 Double shifts: 9,650 Double shifts: 850 (Brazil 852) 40,390
Automobile Division Triple or night shifts: 16,270 Triple or nights shifts: 4,800 Triple or nights shifts: 10 21,080
Weekend*: 3,690 Weekend*: 1,230 4,920
Finance Companies
No special work shedules
Double shifts: 860 Double shifts: 120 Double shifts: 20 1,000
Transportation and logistics Triple or night shifts: 170 Triple or night shifts: 360 530
Weekend*: 10 Weekend*: 90 100
Double shifts: 810 810
Other Businesses Triple or night shifts: 20 20
Weekend*: 0 0
*Weekend shifts (generally Friday, Saturday and Sunday) are shorter than regular shifts.
To meet strong sales demand, special work schedules have been introduced, mainly in the production plants. Sochaux and Ryton, for example, now
work a weekend shift.
(1)
The figures correspond to the number of employees concerned.
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