CIECH S.A.: Employee relations

Employee relations

It is the employees that form CIECH

In the CIECH Group, we undertake a number of actions aimed at improving the efficiency of communication with employees and enhancing their satisfaction and commitment. Our actions are focused on building organizational culture which enables effective cooperation and work in friendly atmosphere.

CIECH Group employs in total 3 876 people under employment agreements (as at 31.12.2017), including 2 951 men and 925 women.

Safety of employees

We feel responsible for our employees so we implement the highest standards and continuously increase the level of safety culture in our plants. Our ambition is to create a work environment which is safe, promotes healthcare and prevents from accidents, injuries and occupational diseases. The documents related to safety in the CIECH Group are as follows:

o CIECH Group OHS Policy,

o OHS Procedures.

Selected safety initiatives taken in the CIECH Group

Iniciative	Details
OHS conferences (with representatives of control authorities including. National Labour Inspectorate, State Poviat Sanitary Inspector, Poviat Construction Supervision Inspectorate, Technical Supervision Office)	Each year in one of production plants (addressed mainly to the company executive management and partner companies)
Safety days (with emergency services and the vendors of work and protective clothing and personal protection equipment)	Each year in one of production plants (addressed mainly to production employees and their families)
Specialist trainings	Addressed both to the executive management and production employees (on responsibility of employee managers, safe work on heights, occupational risk, using personal protection equipment, etc.)
OHS reviews (including hazard recording and supervision over obeying guidelines)	In each production plant, to enhance the work environment conditions and eliminate hazards
Employee awarding system in the OHS area	Eventually In each production plant, to engage employees to report and eliminate hazards in the work environment
Systems for reporting accidents, hazards, near misses, and implementing corrective and preventive actions	In each production plant, to prevent from occupational accidents
KPI at each organization level	Determining measurable OHS objectives at each organization level – from 2018
Standards for executing works at production plant prmises	Applicable to contractors and subcontractors at production plant premises, to increase the level of safety

Support & benefits

In the CIECH Group, we care about our employees by giving them access to fringe benefits. The type of support varies between the Group companies and is a result of their capabilities, employees’ needs and expectations, and internal regulations and laws. Employees of the Polish companies belonging to the CIECH Group can have access to private healthcare, life insurance, a social funds, internal and external trainings (including postgraduate/MBA programmes), subsidies for foreign language learning, protective and work clothing, preventive meals, subsidies for corrective glasses and trade press.

Competence model at CIECH

Implemented development programmes for employees:

CIECH Ambassador
Manager’s Academy
Knowledge Pill
Diversity Management Academy
Internal Trainer

Ambasador CIECH

In the first quarter 2017, we launched the Ambassador programme in the Group. Every employee, regardless of their position or the company in which they work, could participate in the programme. The Ambassadors strengthen communication in the Group, engage in activities carried out in the business, raise awareness among employees about the Group's products, exchange information and share ideas. Internal Ambassadors acting in the CIECH Group are a group of employees who by supporting company's development are also developing themselves.

Manager Academy

The Manager Academy Programme, launched in 2017, aims to strengthen the implemented managerial competencies in the areas of motivating, building commitment, team management and change management. The program is dedicated to all team managers.

Employee/Manager Reading Book

As part of employee development in the CIECH Group, we care about delivering short knowledge pills which refresh the knowledge gained via other forms of education (e.g. internal trainings, general corporate trainings) and simultaneously increase the position-related competence. The topics we choose for the cyclic Employee/Manager Reading Book are inspired by both current employee needs and current market trends.

Diversity Management Academy

The Academy was prepared to address the challenges of building commitment, recruiting candidates, preparing successors, sharing experience and increasing competence in teams. Together with managers, we had chosen 56 employees, who were prepared to take over tasks from employees who will retire in 2017-2022. We defined an individual plan for each employee taking into account the knowledge and competences required on the new position. We also prepared a professional training programme thanks to which, after a three-year education cycle, the company will be able to recruit every year 15 young trained employees who will be prepared to take production positions.

Internal Trainer

In order to promote knowledge sharing in the CIECH Group, an Internal Trainer Programme was launched in 2017. Employees acting as internal trainers organize training in the areas in which they carry out their day-to-day duties. In this way, employees from all companies of the Group may gain knowledge about: business presentations; team building; communication and co-operation; purchasing needs in technical procurement; administration and IT; finance for nonfinancial professionals; or even ISO standards, quality control and project scheduling.