2006 Sustainability Report - Coca-Cola Amatil

Workplace
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CCA Australia has created an
Apprenticeship Scheme which will
refresh our trade skills and ensure
a knowledge transfer from existing
employees to future trade specialists.
Under the Apprenticeship Scheme we
expect to take on 20 new apprentices
in 2007.
Principles
• We believe in establishing a strong
commitment and direct relationships
with our employees through open and
honest communications.
• We are committed to ensuring,
with our employees, the safety of
the workplace.
• We abide by all applicable local labour
laws, including those that address
working hours, compensation,
discrimination and third party
representation.
• We believe in treating our employees
with fairness, dignity, and respect.
• We value diversity in its broadest sense.
• We believe in providing opportunities
for employees to develop personally
and professionally.
• We hold each other accountable for
performance at the highest levels.
• We are committed to rewarding
our employees commensurate
with performance.
CCA employs approximately
18,000 people across the Group.
The rapid expansion and diversification
of CCA’s business since 2001 including
a number of acquisitions, has driven
successful programs to transfer key
managers into the new businesses.
As well, leadership programs have
been rolled out across the Group,
and have enjoyed particular success
in our developing markets.
CCA initiated new flexibility programs
in Australia including making child care
services and superannuation available
under salary sacrifice. Employees can
also purchase additional annual leave
of up to four additional weeks per year.
This has been particularly well received
by staff with children allowing better
work-life balance.
The health, safety and wellbeing of
our people is of particular importance,
and we have had significant
achievements in reducing lost time
injuries in our Australian operations,
and at SPCA.
In Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
we are particularly concerned about
the impact of HIV/AIDS and we have
workplace policies in place which ban
discrimination against anyone with
HIV/AIDS. In PNG we offer voluntary
workplace testing, as well as
counselling and education. We also
offer to pay for most of the cost of the
anti-retroviral drugs that our
employees need for their ongoing
treatment. In Indonesia we focus
mainly on prevention, disseminating
information, communication and
education programs for employees.
In 2006 these programs were
successfully implemented in several
plants/unit operations and will
continue to other unit operations
throughout Indonesia. For more
information on our work with
HIV/AIDS see Community.
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