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| Geographical Spread |
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Data for 2005 and higher include SEED light sites. The data cover sites on five continents. In total, 69% of all Sulzer employees work in developed countries, 24% in developing countries, and 7% in emerging countries.
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| Types of Functions |
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Compared to 2006, the share of employees in production and services as well as in sales and marketing increased both by 1%. The shares in management and support functions decreased by 1%.
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| Age Spread |
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In 2007, the Sulzer workforce became somewhat younger due to increased recruitments. The shares of the other age groups decreased slightly.
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| Employees with Higher Education |
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Data for 2005 and higher include SEED light sites. Higher education covers advanced technical colleges, bachelor, master, and PhD degrees. Over the last three years, about 25% of employees had a higher education. Each year, the share increased slightly.
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| Apprenticeship and Training |
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Data for 2005 and higher include SEED light sites. In 2007, more than 95% of all employees received trainings and approximately 2% were engaged in apprenticeships. The increase in trainings is mainly due to improved data collection.
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| Training Hours |
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Data for 2005 and higher include SEED light sites. The total training hours increased from 13 to 26 per employee and year over the last five years. The increase over the last few years is mainly due to improved data collection. In 2007, more than 50% of these training activities were internal trainings, almost 25% covered health and safety issues. Not included are trainings on the job, which represent a major part of all training activities at Sulzer.
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| Working Time and Vacation |
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Compared to 2006, the effective average working time increased in 2007 by nearly one hour. The effective average vacation time was 26 days, which corresponds to the average of the last five years. As in previous years, this value is higher than the legal average of 23 days per year due to overtime compensation.
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| Employee Satisfaction and Performance Appraisals |
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In 2007, more than 90% of sites assessed carried out performance appraisal interviews that covered more than 70% of the employees. The improvement of this coverage is an important target. About 45% of the sites conducted employee satisfaction surveys.
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| Third Party Awards |
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The data include SEED light sites. Third party ratings and awards were given by various associations for Sulzer’s outstanding economic, technical, quality, or safety skills. QESH awards were given by organizations as well as by customers. Examples of awards include workplace safety, excellent supplier, safety assessment, and apprenticeship awards.
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The data include SEED light sites. As in previous years, the most important category is national memberships. In 2007, the total number of reported memberships increased, basically due to the increased number of SEED light sites. Memberships include industrial sector memberships, HR, QESH, and standardization topics, as well as industry association memberships. Some examples are: International Thermal Spray Association, ETN—European Turbine Network, ABIMAC— Machines Brazilian Association, British Pump Manufacturers’ Association.
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| Turnover Rate |
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The voluntary turnover rate is on a low level of 6%, which is also the target value for the coming years. In some countries, it goes up to 12% due to a highly competitive labor market. Data before 2006 are not available.
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The share of women employed increased slightly in 2007 to 15%, the share of women in management functions remained stable at 0.9%. Average salaries for women in supporting, production, and management functions amounted to about 90% of average salaries of men in similar jobs. This number mainly reflects differences in age and function of women and men in similar jobs. Sulzer is committed to paying the same salaries for the same job, function, and age.
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| Occupational Accident |
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Data for 2005 and higher include SEED light sites; 2007 and higher, SEED mini sites. The data of 2007 show that the efforts taken to reduce occupational accidents were successful. Even with more employees and including the SEED mini sites, the accident frequency rate was reduced. Additional measures have been taken to reduce occupational accidents further.
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| Occupational Illnesses |
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| To the best knowledge of the corporation, there were no cases of occupational illness during the last five years. |
| Fatalities |
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| No fatal occupational incident has occured during the last five years. |
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| In 2003, three operators at customer sites were injured due to accidents involving Sulzer products. In 2005, one external employee was injured at a Sulzer site. In 2005, a facility in Canada reported a leak at a flange resulting in a spill of effluent solution. Appropriate measures were taken immediately in cooperation with local authorities to reduce the resulting environmental impact. There was neither danger to the external environment nor to any human being. In 2006, one person of a contractor was injured on a Sulzer site. In 2007, one person of a contractor was injured on a Sulzer site and one Sulzer trainee was injured at another Sulzer premise. |
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Data for 2005 and higher include SEED light sites; 2007 and higher, SEED mini sites. Due to legal restrictions and other reasons, the data for non-occupational illnesses are not fully complete. The total lost day rate decreased in 2007 to below 2%, while in previous years it was over 2%. The key figure shows noticeable variations depending on the location (between 0 and 10%).
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Data for 2005 and higher include SEED light sites; 2007 and higher, SEED mini sites. Nonoccupational accidents and illnesses cause 250 times more lost days than occupational accidents and illnesses. Therefore, the two charts below show few variations. During the last five years, Sulzer lost about 2% of working days through absences due to accidents and illnesses, albeit with noticeable variations depending on the location. Since the rate increased in 2006, measures were taken to reduce non-occupational absences at the sites with high rates.
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