La banque d'un monde qui change 2004 - BNP Paribas

Social and environmental indicators prescribed by the New Economic Regulations (NRE)NRE indicator 2004 Comments Scope concerned7. Number of and reasonsfor dismissals8. Overtime hours9. Temporary staff10. Where relevant, informationrelating to headcountadjustments, redeploymentand career support advice11. Working hours12. Working week for full-timeemployees13. Working week for part-timeemployees14. Absenteeism and reasonsfor absenteeismIn 2004, the number of employees dismissed by BNP Paribas SA in mainlandFrance amounted to 124 FTEs. In addition, 90.7 new hires were dismissed duringtheir trial periods.As in previous years, the two leading causes of dismissal were professionalshortcomings (81.7) and professional misconduct (23.6).In 2004, the amount of overtime represented less than 0.1% of regular hours forthe staff concerned. BNP Paribas SA paid 52,212 hours of overtime in mainlandFrance, more than 15% below the 2003 figure.Temporary workers: The average monthly number of temporary workers (135)was down 15% compared to 2003 and the average length of contracts declinedto 21 days.The Group’s consolidated expenditure on temporary staff in France has stabilisedfollowing a peak in 2002 due to the changeover to the euro:2002: EUR 38.3 million,2003: EUR 29 million,2004: EUR 29.2 million.In France, the United Kingdom and the United States, BNP Paribas has put inplace approved vendor lists for temporary work agencies and service providers.Agreements signed with these companies include very strict clauses on compliancewith employment legislation and preventing loss-making sales, which areprohibited under French lawSee point 27.See Sustainable Development section, under Human Resources Development– Quantitative and qualitative responses to workforce adaptation, where this topicis pursued in depth.Since 2000, the legal working hours in France have been set at 35 hours per weekfor full-time employees, with extensive possibilities for requesting part-time workarrangements.Employees with over one year’s seniority qualify for a time savings account(Compte Épargne Temps), in which they can save holiday time for later use – e.g.taking personal days, partly financing a continuing education project or switchingto part-time work without loss of revenue.About 21% of employees have a CET time savings account.Subject to their supervisor’s agreement, employees can also take 5 to 20 days ofunpaid leave.In France, the working week for a full-time employee is generally considered tobe 35 hours.By comparison the working week for full-time staff is 35 hours for Group businessunits in the United Kingdom, 35 or 40 hours, according to operations, in the UnitedStates and 40 hours in Switzerland.A little over 12.7% of employees have chosen one of the part-time workarrangements, the main options being 50%, 60% or 80% of a full-time equivalent.The 80% option has been selected by over two thirds of part-time employees.In 2004, the absentee rate for BNP Paribas SA in mainland France was 4.39%.Maternity leave accounted for 1.14% of the total.After maternity leave, non-work related illnesses were the most common reasonfor long-term absences.See the 2004 Social Report.SA mainlandFranceSA mainlandFranceSA mainlandFranceFranceFranceUKUSAGroupSA mainlandFranceSA mainlandFranceSA mainlandFranceUKUSASwitzerlandSA mainlandFranceSA mainlandFrance289BNP PARIBAS - ANNUAL REPORT 2004