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offered a job at one of the other
Nordzucker locations. When their contracts
have terminated, employees who
have not taken up this opportunity can
opt to attend a continuing education
college for a period of up to one year to
develop their knowledge and professional
skills. Trainees who have started their
traineeship at Schleswig have been given
the chance to complete their training
either at another Nordzucker location or
with another employer in the Schleswig
region.
Staff Profit-Sharing Scheme
In the year under review, the share rose
to about Euro 1,650 (1,300) per employee
of the Nordzucker AG workforce. This
is calculated on the basis of the annual
surplus achieved for the group. In the
period under review, the effect of the
reclassification of the special item was
added to the consolidated annual surplus
in determining the profit-sharing assessment
basis. This is to prevent the
Nordzucker staff from being adversely
affected by the revised accounting regulations.
Safety at Work/Health Protection
At a total of 10 (15) accidents requiring
reports in the year under review,
Nordzucker remained by far below the
average in this sector of industry. We also
consistently pursue our goal of “zero
accidents” and low sick leave levels. In
view of an increasing percentage of accidents
to and from the place of work in
2003, one of our main activities was
a road safety day which we organised
together with the Sugar trade association
at all Nordzucker locations.
Brain Pool
The Nordzucker brain pool was introduced
in the year 2000. It is an instrument
through which our employees continuously
participate in the optimisation
of in-company procedures. Proposals
submitted in 2003 concerned improved
safety at work and health protection as
well as staff and customer satisfaction.
Proposals also dealt with optimised production
and maintenance processes.
502 of a total of 1,109 proposals were
rated positively. Implementation of staff
proposals allowed Nordzucker to effect
net savings worth about Euro 153,000
in the year under review. The premiums
paid out to the employees concerned
amounted to Euro 65,000.
Factory Group Work
After the successful conclusion of the
preparatory phase, group work during
the maintenance period was launched
at the Clauen plant in January 2004.
The new work organisation scheme was
developed under the “factory organisation”
project and is to intensify staff
integration as a means of improving the
maintenance process. After the trial
phase in the Clauen plant, the group
work concept is to be implemented in
the other factories beginning in 2005.
The necessary preparations are already
under way.
Accidents requiring reports
Nordzucker AG *
15 15
14
12
10
10
8
6
4
2.
0
2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
* 2001/02 incl. Nordkristall GmbH and ZVM GmbH
* 2003/04 incl. Union-Zucker plant Nordstemmen
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