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Management Report
2013
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In the last survey, conducted in 2011, with a participation rate of 74%, 95% of employees said that
they were satisfied with the Company's friendly work environment. Group policy, within the framework
of local legislation, allows employees throughout the world to benefit from flexible hours or part-time
contracts (See 1.4.2.1.1).
Ubisoft also vows to prioritize smaller structures wherever possible (80% of sites have fewer than 200
employees), with open-plan offices encouraging collaborative working and facilitating communication,
where managers are available to their teams and HR managers are in close contact with daily
operations. In the last internal survey, more than 92.2% of employees said that they were happy with
the level of contact with their managers. Despite its ever increasing size, Ubisoft has always sought to
cultivate and preserve this friendly, open and outward-looking atmosphere.
There are many local initiatives aimed at facilitating the daily working lives of our employees. The
studio in Montreal, for example, which represents almost one third of the Group’s staff, has a well-
being clinic for all employees and their families, which is open five days a week. Ubisoft Montreal has
also been certified a “Healthy Enterprise” by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec since 2010. This
standard aims to ensure the continuous improvement of practices that focus on health and well-being
at work at Ubisoft Montreal.
Ubisoft encourages corporate events, with convivial annual parties, concerts and internal competitions
organized at each subsidiary. 87% of Ubisoft employees have access to a relaxation space and/or
gym.
Measures for employees’ well-being (1)
03/31/13
03/31/12
% of staff at sites with a relaxation space/rest area/gym
87%
88%
% of staff with access to additional health care services (2)
87%
86%
(1) Scope: 31 sites representing 92% of Group staff
(2) Health care services in addition to local legislation
1.4.2.4.2 Absenteeism
Number of days of employee absence by reason (1)
03/31/13
%
03/31/12
%
Illness (all reasons)
17,683
35%
15,739
38%
Occupational accident (2)
292
1%
301
1%
Maternity, paternity and parental leave
20,403
41%
14,894
36%
Family events
2,829
6%
1,970
5%
Leave for personal reasons
8,659
17%
8,030
20%
TOTAL
49,866
100%
40,933
100%
Group absenteeism rate linked to occupational accidents and illnesses
(3)
1.44
1.21
(1) Scope: 31 sites representing 92% of Group staff
(2) Occupational accident = Fatal and non-fatal accidents occurring during or due to work, according to local practices
(3) Calculation method = total number of days absent at Group level/sum of theoretical number by country of days
worked without these absences Concerns France, Canada and the United States only, i.e. 60% of the Group’s staff
1.4.2.4.3 Constructive industrial relations
Dialogue between management and labor is led by employee representatives in the countries where
this is provided for by legislation. The subsidiaries in Scandinavia, Romania, the United Kingdom,
China and France have employee representatives who meet monthly, half-yearly or annually,