Full RSDB annual report for 2008 - Roto Smeets Group

Report of the Management Board
conformity. These employees will receive a new labour
conditions package which will be introduced in 2009.
Pension Scheme
Within the framework of the internal process of drawing
up labour conditions, the RSDB pension scheme was
examined. In view of the complexity of the pension
scheme and current developments on the financial
markets, the Management Board has instigated a simplification
of the scheme, with clear pension commitments.
As the basic scheme is a compulsory scheme with the
Pensioenfonds Grafische Bedrijven (PGB, Pension Fund
Printing Companies), the most obvious solution was
to bring the excess scheme to the PGB. Contrary to its
policy of the past, the PGB has stated its willingness to
carry out excess pension schemes as from 2008. During
the past months it was investigated which problems
such a switch could bring, and what the (financial)
consequences would be. The starting point for all this
was that all entitlements, so both the entitlements built
up in the past as well as future entitlements, will transfer
to the PGB. The outcome of the investigation has been
submitted to the Central Works Council (COR) which has
stated its agreement with the proposal. The transfer will
take place as from January 1, 2009.
SOCIAL AGREEMENT
Employee organisations FNV Kiem and CNV Media, the
RSDB Central Works Council and the Management Board
of RSDB Holding agreed to a new social agreement,
dated October 1, 2008. The social agreement (Sociaal
Akkoord) is aimed at creating a sustainable and lasting
workforce for RSDB.
opportunities, developing competences and coaching of
employees, this process is certain to ask a lot of effort by
both the management an the employees.
The Handboek Arbeidsvoorwaarden (Labour Conditions
manual) of RSDB contains all regulations of the group for
its employees. This manual can be found on the group’s
intranet. However, not all employees, in view of their
position, have unqualified access to this intranet. As
part of the RSDB Helder (RSDB Transparent), the most
common regulations and schemes will now be published
in a handy format. The leaflets on calling in sick, collective
disability, travel expenses, bicycle scheme, contents
manual and the Social Arrangement were published in
2008. The leaflet on pension scheme, car allowance, life
course savings scheme vs. company savings scheme and
the RSDB rules of conduct of the series will be published
in 2009.
The earlier announced relocation of RSDB Holding from
Hilversum to Deventer has now also been completed.
As of October 10, 2008, the head office can be found on
Hunneperkade 17004, 7418 BT Deventer. The complete
address information can be found on the website: www.
rsdb.com under contact.
Environment
In the field of environmental policy, RSDB has been a
leading force within the printing industry for years. The
RSDB production companies have had an Environmental
Policy Statement and a NEN-ISO 14001 environmental
certificate for over 10 years, and have had an Eco Balance
for 15 years. That is a mass balance of all inflows and
outflows of materials, plus energy and water, used to
In addition, agreement was also reached on financial
schemes for employees made redundant as a result of
reorganisations. This concerns reorganisations from
October 1, 2008.
The stated preventive policy aimed at enabling
employees to keep or find good employment within or
possibly outside RSDB, is not non-committal. RSDB has
committed itself to make this policy concrete within the
whole group inside two years. That means that the policy
plan ‘Werken in the toekomst’ (Work in the future) must
be completely integrated in the group’s operations by
October 1, 2010. Although a number of companies within
the group has already made good progress with this,
among other things by holding effective performance
interviews, the offering and making use of training
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