ANNUAL REPORT - HSE

ANNUAL REPORT HSE | BUSINESS REPORT
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Trade union activities and
workers' council activities
Employees exercise their rights through trade unions,
workers’ councils and representatives in the Supervisory
Board.
Regular and close cooperation with trade unions and
workers’ councils of the HSE Group is a practice that
was introduced together with the establishment of the
HSE Group. Such method of cooperation ensures a
balance between various interests and, consequently,
a broad consensus regarding the Group's development
plans and provision of social security.
Trade union activities
Trade union activities at DEM, SENG, TET and TEŠ are
co-ordinated by Sindikat delavcev dejavnosti energetike
Slovenije (SDE – the Slovene Power Sector Union),
one of the strongest within Zveza svobodnih sindikatov
Slovenije (ZSSS – the Association of Free Trade Unions
of Slovenia), while at the companies HSE and HSE Invest
activities are currently underway to establish
union representation.
The SDE’s Electrical Energy Sector Conference encompasses
the Coordination of union activities of the
HSE Group, which is comprised of trade union representatives
of DEM, SENG, TET and TEŠ. The Coordination
communicates directly with HSE’s management
as well as with the managing directors of individual
companies, thus ensuring that problems are addressed
in due time. Such cooperation also extends to
the Joint Workers’ Council of the HSE Group.
Operating within the HSE Group there are also the
trade unions Neodvisnost and Sindikat pridobivanja
energetskih surovin Slovenije (SPESS – Union of
Coalminers), which is operates within the PV Group.
The actions of the SDE Coordination and other trade
unions operating within the HSE Group have a cohesive
function.
HSE Joint Workers’ Council
HSE Group employees exercise their statutory right
to participate in management through the workers’
councils of individual companies. Among other things,
the councils elect staff representatives to the Supervisory
Board.
In 2008 a new agreement for the establishment of
the Joint Workers' Council (JWC) for related companies
was signed, which takes into account the recent
changes and governs the areas that are necessary for
the functioning of the JWC within the HSE Group.
2.3 Business policy
of the HSE Group
Mission
The HSE Group’s mission is to maintain its leading position
in the domestic market an take a leading role
in the markets of SE Europe as well as to develop the
Slovene energy sector and science, establishing them
in an international context.
Vision
The vision of the HSE Group is to ensure optimum
utilisation of Slovene energy sources and professional
potential while establishing partnerships abroad –
especially in SE Europe – and thus ensure long-term
competitive advantage of the Group in the global energy
market and expand its business operations to create
additional synergy effects for the Group and Slovenia
as a whole.
Values
The values of the HSE Group are reflected in the Group’s
attitude towards customers, the community, employees,
business partners and owners. We focus on:
• satisfaction of service users,
• building responsible, long-term partnerships with
business partners,
• environment protection and RES,
• achieving professional competence,
• continuous training and establishment of a motivating
working environment for employees,
• providing secure and stable jobs and creative working
environment,
• efficient operation and creation of profit for the owners,
• continuous improvement of the management system.