2010 annual report - touax group

Annual report 2010
❙ Employee representation
Establishment of an economic and social unit (other than the
Mignères – Touax Modular Construction production centre) in
2007.
Elections to the works council at the economic and social unit
take place every 4 years. Members of the works council are
replaced at the next workplace elections which take place between
April and June 2011.
A works council was created in 2008 for the Mignères – Touax
Modular Construction production centre. The elections for this
centre take place every 3 years. Members of the works council
are replaced at the next workplace elections which take place
in 2011.
❙ Working timetable organisation
A new agreement concerning the arrangement and organisation
of the work timetable at the economic and social unit was
introduced in January 2010.
The Mignères production centre has also seen the introduction
of changes to the working schedule as from January 2010.
❙ Salary developments
An average figure for any salary increase has limited significance
because of each country’s unique developments.
For the financial period ending 31st December 2010, the
Group’s overall payroll figure was €26,538,735, as against
€25,605,710 for the previous financial period.
The Group has not introduced a profit-sharing scheme for personnel,
nor any employee sharing agreement.
Some categories of personnel are awarded annual performance
bonuses based on individual criteria that are correlated with
objectives. Some categories of personnel can also benefit from
stock options.
❙ Hygiene and safety matters
A Hygiene and Safety Council (known as ‘CHSCT’) was set up in
September 2010 at the Mignères centre. Members are replaced
every 2 years.
For several years now TOUAX has been supporting first aid training
through the provision of workplace first-aid training
[Sauveteur Secouriste au Travail – SST] and training for the use
of defibrillator machines through the French Red Cross.
In order to monitor staff health and to better manage psychosocial
risk, TOUAX introduced a Stress Laboratory in 2009 to so
as to establish existing conditions and to identify factors that
could cause stress.
❙ Developments in the Human
Resources information system
In January 2010, France began to work with a new payroll system
in order to keep up with Group developments. This initiative
was completed with the establishment of a Human Resources
portal that could be accessed by each partner that enables
them to carry out certain functions including booking holidays,
updating files, and checking information. This is also a vehicle
for communicating with the Human Resources department in
real time.
❙ A social role
The Group has signed a partnership with a company at Nanterre,
whose aim is to “facilitate the employment of young
people in society by introducing activities that enable the supervision
of young people in difficult situations.” TOUAX has made
a commitment to support this organisation, to recruit young
people on employment contracts and to provide guidance.
TOUAX has agreed with its partners that it will sponsor a child
or teenager or student in the medium or long term so as to support
them through the various stages of their development.
The Group also continues to provide support to humanitarian
initiatives through NGOs, among them the Haiti earthquake.
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