FORM 20-F THOMSON multimedia - Technicolor

Breakdown of workforce by region
1999
At December 31,
2000 2001
Americas............................................................................................. 24,445 25,158 25,884
United States only ............................................................................... 6,774 6,618 11,330
Europe................................................................................................. 14,914 15,083 17,419
France only.......................................................................................... 5,898 6,014 5,790
Asia ..................................................................................................... 16,274 21,351 21,025
Total .................................................................................................... 55,633 61,592 64,328
The table includes all of our exempt, non-exempt and hourly employees. Temporary employees
and trainees are excluded. The table includes some entities that we do not consolidate in our
financial results.
Headcount evolution between 2000 and 2001 reflects the rise in headcount of growth
businesses, including through acquisitions, which more than offset headcount reductions linked to
the implementation of restructuring programs. The increase in the Americas is related to the
integration of Technicolor and Philips Broadcast employees in the first half of 2001, which more than
offset decreases related to restructuring programs in Displays and Components and Consumer
Products. In Europe, the headcount evolution reflects primarily the integration of Technicolor, Philips
Broadcast and Alcatel (Nextream) employees in the first half of 2001.
In January 2002, we integrated the Alcatel DSL modem business. This business employed 220
employees at December 31, 2001.
Membership in trade unions by our employees varies from country to country. In Europe, unions
are represented in almost all our facilities. The European Works Council agreement, signed in 2000
and in force until 2004, has been reviewed in order to integrate union representatives from Holland
and the U.K. and has been renewed with all unions. The committee meets several times a year and
is composed of members of French, Italian, German, English, Dutch, Luxembourg and Polish unions
or works councils. As generally required by law in European Union countries, our management holds
annual negotiations with unions on wages, early retirement plans and general labor conditions.
In the Americas, many production sites are also unionized. Agreements in the United States
generally run for three years and cover wages, benefits and work practices. In the United States, we
renegotiated our agreements with the IBEW for our Marion, Circleville, Lancaster and Indianapolis
locations and negotiated closure agreements for our Scranton and Deptford facilities. In Mexico,
labor agreements are renegotiated annually. In 2001, we negotiated the closure of operations for our
Mexico City plant.
In Asia, unions are present only in the Singapore facility, where labor agreements are reviewed
annually.
Although we have experienced strikes and work stoppages in the past, we believe relations with
our employees are generally satisfactory.
) Employee profit-sharing
We offer our Executive Committee, our Operational Committee (a group of 60 members) and
our ‘‘Entrepreneurs’’ (a group of more than 400 members) an incentive plan based on Group and
business unit results and the achievement of performance goals in individual contracts. In addition,
several of our subsidiaries in France and the United States offer their employees profit-sharing
based on company results and/or achievement of individual objectives. In addition, nine of our
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