2005 Annual report - Virbac

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Virbac in France
Workforce
Virbac has a workforce of 985 permanent employees and 8
apprentices in France. With 56% women and 44% men, the
workforce breaks down as follows in terms of status:
Statuts %
Executives 39%
Supervisory staff/technicians/
non-manual employees 43%
Manual workers 17%
Apprentices 1%
Personnel attrition
In 2005, the number of new recruits exceeded the number of
people leaving the company (+ 10 people). This is due to the
addition of Bio Véto Test in the 2005 workforce. At constant
scope vis-à-vis 2004, the balance is negative (- 9 people).
Compensation
Gross compensation in 2005 amounted to €33,685,641 and
social security to €14,542,141. The gross average salary was
€36,083 up 2.66% on 2004.
Social and community services
La dotation versée en 2005 par l’entreprise s’est élevée
à 319 007 euros.
Training
In 2005 the company allotted €319,007 to social and
community services.
Working time
All employees are covered by a working time reduction
agreement: the working week is annualised from 1 June to
31 May at 1560 hours (with an additional 130 hours for
executives). Since the 2004/2005 financial year, and in
accordance with the law, this annual period is increased by
7 hours for solidarity day. Following the agreement signed in
November 2004, executives deemed to be autonomous for
the purposes of the law (classification above 7 and
salespeople) organise their work on a fixed annual basis of
213 days (212 days plus the solidarity day). An agreement
on part-time working was signed in 2005 for 2006:
this agreement is limited to 3% of employees and a
reduction to 4/5th of working time.
Absenteeism
Absenteeism at the company amounted to 5.52% and breaks
down as follows:
Causes %
Work accident 0.27%
Maternity 0.88%
Illness 4.11%
Commuting accident 0.03%
Part-time medical leave 0.23%
Industrial relations
Employee representatives were re-elected in 2005 for the
Economic and Social Unit (UES).
The Works Council for the UES comprising Virbac, Virbac
France, Francodex and Alfamed is comprised of 7
permanent and 5 replacement members. Ordinary meetings
are organised monthly. The Carros site has seven permanent
employee representatives and two replacements; there are
two (permanent and replacement) at Magny en Vexin. The
Virbac Distribution site re-elected a permanent and a
replacement representative in 2004.
Handicapped workers
In France, Virbac employs the equivalent of forty-seven
people with a legally recognised handicap, representing
4.73% of the workforce. In addition, a contribution of
€24,828 was made to AGEFIPH, the body responsible for
funding measures designed to retain and integrate
handicapped people into the work environment.
Profit-sharing and company savings plan
❖ Employee profit-sharing
Employees of Virbac, Virbac Distribution, Virbac France,
Francodex and Alfamed with at least 3 months’ service on
31 December of the year in question are entitled to
participate in profit-sharing.
A new agreement, signed in June 2005, has two aspects that
are very different to previous agreements.
The first is combining two profitability ratios to calculate
the share in the profits:
◆ a profitability ratio that looks at the consolidated net
profit – Group share to consolidated sales (the same as
in the previous agreement),
◆ a profitability ratio that looks at the Group’s consolidated
operating profit to its consolidated sales (new).
Safety at work
There were 20 accidents in 2005, representing some 239
days of absence from work.