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and employee savings. The goal is seeking a balance between the needs of the Company and the interestsof collective work arrangements.In 2012, six agreements were signed at Guerbet on a unanimous basis with its labour partners. Theseincluded procedures with respect to the employment of seniors, measures for preventing job stress orduress, gender equality, annual negotiations and working time arrangements. Also in 2012, negotiationswere reopened on the employment of persons with disabilities.d) Health and safety• Occupational health and safety conditionsGuerbet carries out prevention initiatives in the area of working conditions, safety and appropriate medicalcare in order to preserve the physical and psychological well-being of its employees.Guerbet also contributes to employee benefits in the area of social coverage and opportunities madeavailable through savings plans.This prevention strategy gives Guerbet a foundation to build momentum for change.With respect to occupational safety and work conditions, Guerbet focuses on achieving global responses inpreference to specific solutions, taking into account the risk factors upstream by seeking to identifycollective prevention measures before turning to solutions such as personal safety equipment.Guerbet has integrated the priority of working conditions and safety in its investment projects with theobjective of enabling employees to operate in an improved work environment.Several company-level agreements take into account this priority ( Guerbet and Simafex agreements oncontinuous, and semi-continuous work shifts, the employment of seniors, agreement for preventing jobstress or duress at Simafex)Guerbet adopts responses of an organisational nature for incorporating time for physical recuperation inorder to limit exposure to job stress or duress. In the area of prevention training, Guerbet seeks to provideall staff concerned with the expertise they require to evaluate the risk associated with their activity, tomitigate these risks and make proposals for improvements.The subject of psychosocial risks is taken into account within the framework of company initiativesundertaken in support of its strategy. To this purpose, a plan to provide support in adapting to changes isimplemented for every large-scale project with an impact on employment and job skills. Meetings areorganised within the framework of work crews providing every employee with a venue for expression, inparticular with respect to working conditions. The workload of management staff is addressed in a specificsection of their annual performance and development appraisal for the purpose of monitoring their health,safety and ensuring their entitlements to recovery periods are exercised.The management charter as well as the managerial skill guidelines describes the management styleexpected that is consistent with the company's values. Training for "personal development" is proposedwithin the framework of the system for individual training benefits provided for under French law (DroitIndividuel à la Formation). Use of mediation is possible in order to express difficulties experienced and findsolutions when problems relating to psychosocial risks are evoked.Guerbet seeks to safeguard the physical and psychological integrity of its staff over the course of theirprofessional life. By conducting studies of workstations, Guerbet seeks to improve their ergonomics. Beforeany position is occupied, Guerbet ensures the staff possesses the necessary skills for the tasks involved.By ensuring appropriate medical controls, Guerbet can anticipate possible cases of unfitness for work andprovides responses in terms of modifications to the workstation or the organisation of working hours. Asapplicable, Guerbet attempts to find, with the assistance of its Disabled Workers Committees personalisedjob redeployment solutions to promote the continued employment of such workers.In the area of social protection, a specific Guerbet contract, supplementing the industry agreement,provides insurance coverage for a significant portion of health care expenses up to 100%. In the case oflong-term illness, Guerbet provides the payment of the salary for three months. After this period,remuneration is maintained over the duration of the illness, through a personal protection provident scheme63