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Contractors
(France)
Temporary staff
2005 2006
Total 2,457 2,810
o/w
White collar 12% 11%
Blue collar 88% 89%
Workweek organization
and management
Average annual hours worked
2006
Number of hours 2,076
Absenteeism (France)
2004 2005 2006
Days absent 6.9% 7.3% 5.8%
(% out of theoretical working days)
Part-time or flex-time employees
(France)
2005 2006
Total 1,456 1,387
(% employees) 7.09% 6.81%
Men/women
Men 1.52% 1.48%
Women 18.05% 17.46%
Reasons for absence (France)
2004 2005 2006
Sick leave 71.7% 65.8% 73.4%
(% of total absences)
Work/commute
injuries 4.5% 5.0% 4.4%
(% of total absences)
For many years, French team members have benefit-
ed from variable compensation representing up to 9%
of the total (depending on the Group’s financial results)
through profit-based incentive or profit sharing pro-
grams.
Employee share ownership
The last employee share issue took place in 2004 and
was open to employees in 48 countries. The sub-
scribed shares were issued at a discount of 15% to the
average trading price.
As of December 31, 2006, 30,000 employees held
3.09% of the issued capital through corporate mutual
funds. A new employee share issue is planned in 2007
with a matching payment by the Company.
Payroll and compensation
Average cost per employee
2004 2005 2006
Gross salary 40.2 40.2 38.9
thousand thousand thousand
+ payroll expenses
+ individual and collective benefits
Information on profit-based incentive
and profit sharing programs and/or employee
share ownership
(percent)
2004 2005 2006
Variable
compensation 5% 6.10% 7.9%
Sites declaring employee representation
(percent)
2005 2006
Unions 47% 51%
Works council 55% 55%
Health and safety committee 68% 69%
Social dialogue and relations
European committee
Schneider Electric’s European Committee keeps
employee representatives informed of changes within
the Group. Committee members have their own train-
ing and information resources, including an online
database and forum and a quarterly e-newsletter.
Group works council, France
This council, which supports the various works coun-
cils in Schneider Electric’s French subsidiaries, pro-
vides a setting for information and discussion with
employee representatives of the Group’s French units.
The members’ terms were renewed for a period of
three years in 2006.
As of December 31, 2006, the local partners had
drawn 211,825 and 67 jobs had been or were in the
process of being created, of which six for disadvan-
taged youth, in partnership with Association pour le
droit à l'initiative économique (ADIE).
In Dijon, Schneider Electric contributed up to
241,000 for a target of 50 new jobs. As of December
31, 2006, the partners had drawn 50,300 to create
13 jobs, of which 12 for disadvantaged youth, in part-
nership with ADIE.
2006 audited indicators