2012 Activity and sustainable development report - RTE

JOINT SUCCESSSUCCEEDING WITH OUR TEAMSThrough training for young people, opportunities for women, new professions, moredynamic career paths, greater recognition of personal contribution and a healthysocial dialogue, RTE is seeking to develop its teams and earn their commitment.OUR RESPONSIBILITYTO OUR EMPLOYEESOver the next ten years, roughly half of RTE’s employeeswill retire. 235 employees retired from the company in 2012.RTE has undertaken a vigorous programme of recruitmentto replace them and to take on board the skills that are nowrequired for the changes occurring to its businesses.A SHARP INCREASE IN HIRINGRTE took on 578 people in 2012 (as against 493 in 2011):361 people were on permanent contracts (of which 26%women), and of those employed on fi xed-term contracts, 68were on professional training contracts and 146 were youngpeople on apprenticeship contracts. In addition, there werethree other standard fi xed-term contracts. The company isstrongly committed to a policy of qualifi cation for youngpeople, work-based training in every region, for every professionand at every level.The development of mentoring is a priority solution formaintaining skills and facilitating the transmission of knowledge.The 2010-2012 plan for employing older workers setsout to encourage it. It plans ahead to the second partof people’s careers, adapting the working conditions of itsolder employees in order to enable those who wish to do soto remain in employment, doing suitable work that is usefulto the company. This approach is an illustration of RTE HumanResources’ desire to adapt and anticipate.MORE WOMEN IN THE COMPANYRTE is highly proactive in its determination to expandthe proportion of women in the company, particularly intechnical professions, where they are still under-represented.In the framework of the agreement of gender equality that wasconcluded in 2011, the target is for 21% of employees to bewomen in 2013. This was almost achieved in 2012, with 20.7%of women in the total workforce. This figure has risen by almostthree points in five years. RTE acts on all available levers toachieve this: recruitment, taking on female apprentices, internaltransfers, promotion of technical professions. In 2012, aninternal survey was conducted to identify obstacles andsolutions for improving access by women to higher echelonswithin the company.EMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITYIn April 2012, RTE signed the third three-year agreementon the employment of disabled people. The companyundertakes to hire 37 people with disabilities, to take on •••RTE | IN LINE WITH THE FUTURE55