Annual report - HSE

Employees and the community
Employees have obligations not only to their employer and themselves but also to the
wider community. For this reason, they actively participate in numerous businesses as
well as professional and sports associations. Since it cares for their health and wellbeing,
HSE promotes and financially supports sport and recreational activities of its employees
through the HSE Sports Club.
Education and training
Developments in the business environment and our ambition to create new, added value
for the widest range of users, as well as the need to react quickly to the environment,
be flexible and innovative, require us to engage in systematic training activities and our
employees to continuously participate in education and training, to demonstrate new
ways of thinking and to ensure transfer of knowledge.
Given the fact that training, in the widest sense possible, is positively linked to performance,
the company does not perceive it merely as cost or an expenditure item; rather, training
represents a long-term investment or capital.
The structure of all trainings indicates that in 2012 most time was dedicated to professional
trainings (1663 hours) and language courses (937 hours).
In 2012, a total 3,267 hours was employed for trainings. On average, 25 hours of training
were carried out per employee (part-time studies are not included in this figure), which is
6 hours per employee less than in 2011. This decrease is a result of education and training
cost reduction. In some segments of education, employees already reached the highest
possible level in the previous years.
In addition to the development of knowledge and employee training, HSE’s education
activities also comprised part-time studies and scholarships.
Part-time studies
In the period from 2002 to the end of 2012, 28 employees completed their part-time
studies, of which 13 obtained a master’s degree, 2 acquired a master’s degree under
the Bologna programme, 6 a university degree, 4 completed a 3-year undergraduate
programme, and 3 completed a 2-year undergraduate programme. As for course type,
electrical engineering and economics courses prevailed.
Currently, HSE financially supports part-time studies of 13 employees under Education
agreement. The company also supports the employees that study on their own account.
Namely, in accordance with the collective labour agreement, HSE grants them 7 days of
study leave per calendar year. Employees are only entitled to receive financial assistance
once they have successfully completed their first year of studies. In 2012, there were a total
of 20 employees enrolled in study programmes. The structure of part-time studies shows
that 3 employees are enrolled in postgraduate doctorate studies (8/2), 6 are enrolled in
postgraduate masters studies (8/1), 6 are engaged in masters studies under the Bologna
programme (7), 3 are engaged in 3-year professional undergraduate studies (6/2), and 2
participate in 2-year professional undergraduate studies (6/1).
No education agreement was concluded in 2012.
Scholarships
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The students involved in development activities contribute new ideas and views on solving
work-related problems. HSE provides support to students of technical, social and natural
sciences both in the form of financing as well as practical training and gradual integration
into the organisational environment. In 2012, the company provided scholarship to one
student.