ACS Group Annual Report - Grupo ACS

Commitment to7. the Social EnvironmentSocial welfare continues to be developed and expanded within the Clece Group with one of the most outstanding actionsbeing the effort and support dedicated to strengthening its Special Employment Centre, INTEGRA CEE.During this, its second year of existence, it managed to triple the number of disabled workers employed, going from 76 in2007 to over 250 at present, with over 95% of the workers being disabled, and with them being fully integrated into the jobmarket both at a social and an economic level.Likewise, the national coverage of this Special Employment Centre continues to expand. While in 2007 it only took in Madridand Salamanca, in 2008 it was able to take its proposals for integrating people with disabilities into the job market to 9provinces and 3 Autonomous Regions, with a plan for 2009 to be able to offer the Special Employment Centre in another 14provinces and 7 Autonomous Regions.INTEGRA CEE actively participated in the Community of Madrid’s 2nd Disabled Employment Fair, in which over 650 peoplewith disabilities sought work posts and from which more than 30 have been contracted to date.INTEGRA CEE continues to expand the social coveragerequested by its group of workers through corporateagreements for medical assistance, rehabilitation,psychological treatments, economic assistance fororthopaedic and mechanical aids, family support (food, daycare or schools), family contests and event, etc.Each year the ACS Group's Foundation introducesinitiatives, courses and activities in support of reducingarchitectural barriers and of integrating people withdisabilities.Currently, 2,028 people with disabilitieswork in ACS. This is over three timesthe number of the year before andrepresents over 1.4% of the company’stotal workforce.“The ACS Group has a firmcommitment to underprivilegedgroups and particularlythe disabled.”Annual Report 2008 ACS Group58