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Growth Strategy<br />
Corporate<br />
Governance<br />
Business Review<br />
Corporate Policies<br />
Management’s<br />
Discussion<br />
and Analysis<br />
Statistics<br />
GEFCO ARGENTINA: PROCEDURES TO<br />
ENSURE EVERYONE’S SAFETY<br />
At Gefco’s Argentina operations, health,<br />
safety and environmental issues are<br />
handled by a process based on the BVQI<br />
ISO 9000:2000 quality management<br />
system. An independent expert<br />
specialized in industrial safety and health<br />
analyzes every aspect of the business to<br />
detect any anomalies or potential risks,<br />
while assessing the need for personal<br />
protective equipment (PPE).<br />
In addition to measures designed to<br />
guarantee the best possible working<br />
conditions, such as studies to determine<br />
heat load, noise volume and light<br />
intensity, employee training courses have<br />
been organized in such areas as manual<br />
loading, PPE, fires and accident<br />
prevention, forklift operation, and<br />
evacuation and first-aid drills. Medical<br />
examinations are also regularly performed<br />
to prevent and detect any physical<br />
problems due to occupational activities.<br />
enable the disabled to make a contribution<br />
to society, by providing them with job<br />
opportunities and supporting their career<br />
development. In France, the agreement<br />
on jobs for the handicapped signed with<br />
employee representatives on March 17,<br />
2000 demonstrated the Group’s<br />
commitment to pursue programs<br />
underway to hire and retain disabled<br />
employees and to configure workstations<br />
to enable their operation by the<br />
handicapped. These programs are being<br />
implemented in partnership with AGEFIPH,<br />
which manages funds for hiring the<br />
handicapped, and ANACT, the national<br />
agency for improving working conditions.<br />
Disabled workers are involved in the<br />
Group’s automobile manufacturing<br />
business through partnerships between the<br />
production plants and work-based<br />
assistance centers and sheltered workshops.<br />
Worldwide, the Group directly employs<br />
nearly 5,300 disabled people. In France,<br />
including sheltered workers under contract,<br />
9.28% of employees are classified as<br />
handicapped, compared with the legally<br />
required 6%.<br />
PROVIDE COMPENSATION LINKED<br />
TO GROUP EARNINGS AND<br />
ENCOU<strong>RA</strong>GE INDIVIDUALLY-<br />
FUNDED PENSION PLANS<br />
In all businesses worldwide, compensation<br />
policy is designed to offer competitive<br />
compensation and to share value with<br />
those who help create it.<br />
SIGNING WAGE AGREEMENTS IN ALL UNITS<br />
The Group’s wage policy led to the signing<br />
of a large number of agreements in most<br />
countries in 2002. In France, the wage<br />
agreement signed by five unions on January<br />
28 reflected a commitment to raising the<br />
lowest salaries and increasing the annual<br />
guaranteed minimum wage. In 2002,<br />
compensation paid worldwide totalled<br />
€4.466 millions, while employer taxes and<br />
social security contributions amounted to<br />
€1.700 millions. 1.<br />
REWARDING INDIVIDUAL MANAGER<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
A manager’s compensation depends on<br />
individual performance, the ability to carry<br />
out his or her responsibilities and local<br />
salary levels. Pay for performance reflects<br />
a commitment to ensuring consistency<br />
across the organization while retaining<br />
the possibility of assessing and rewarding<br />
individual achievement. Performancerelated<br />
annual bonuses paid to senior<br />
executives depend on their ability to meet<br />
personal targets, as well as corporate<br />
operating margin and quality targets set<br />
at the beginning of each year.<br />
PMTC SIGNS AN AGREEMENT<br />
WITH AGEFIPH<br />
In 2002, Peugeot Motocycles<br />
initiated an extensive project to<br />
renovate its production facilities in<br />
Mandeure, France. One part of the<br />
project focused on improving<br />
workstation ergonomics and the<br />
employability of persons with<br />
disabilities.<br />
An agreement signed in July with<br />
AGEFIPH will reserve jobs for 30<br />
people certified by a government<br />
commission as handicapped.<br />
AGEFIPH is helping to fund the<br />
workplace audit, the project’s<br />
handicapped-related aspects, and<br />
the reconfiguration of the workstations.<br />
Workstations have been created or<br />
reconfigured on the assembly line, as<br />
well as in the purchasing office and the<br />
preparation room. The process is<br />
continuing in 2003, with the Mandeure<br />
facility employing 80 people certified<br />
by a government commission as<br />
handicapped.<br />
(1) Paid in the Automobile Division, the finance companies,<br />
the Transportation and Logistics Division and other businesses,<br />
excluding Sevelnord and Française de Mécanique.<br />
<strong>PSA</strong> <strong>PEUGEOT</strong> CITROËN - MANAGING BOARD REPORT 69