TurnoverCountry ≤ 34 35-54 ≥55 TotalRecruitments Terminations Recruitments Terminations Recruitments Terminations Recruitments TerminationsItaly 1,265 970 244 302 6 176 1,515 1,448Austria 269 164 83 139 2 101 354 404Czech Republic 695 550 178 350 11 90 884 990France 866 776 272 367 14 161 1,152 1,304Germany 661 578 455 536 33 351 1,149 1,465Spain 302 157 124 125 1 46 427 328Switzerland 265 246 104 180 6 79 538 505TOTAL 4,323 3,441 1,460 1,999 73 1,004 6,019 6,444Of the 538 new hires in Switzerland, 163 relate to BSI, for which no age range details are available.The overall <strong>Generali</strong> Group average staff turnover rate - calculated as (new hires during the year + contract terminations during the year)/[(workforce at start of year + workforce at end of year)/2] - is 22.3%. In <strong>2012</strong>, on average women accounted for 52.4% of new hires and49.6% of contract terminations.The positive staff turnover rate, calculated as the total number of new hires as a percentage of the total workforce at the beginning of theyear, was 10.7% (12.4% for women, on average).The negative staff turnover rate, calculated as the total number of contract terminations as a percentage of the total workforce at thebeginning of the year, was 11.5% and 12.6% for women.The majority of new hires fell into the under-35 category (73.8%), as did the majority of people leaving the company, equal to 53.4% of thetotal; this scenario was influenced by the termination of fixed-term contracts and the greater propensity among the young to change jobs.The 35-54 age range accounted for 24.9% of new hires and 31% of contract terminations, while among the over-54’s there were few newhires (1.3%) in comparison with those whose contracts came to an end (15.6%).In <strong>2012</strong>, 1,452 people were hired on short-term temporary contracts and left the Group before the end of the year, 876 of whom women(60.3%).As regards sick leave, leave following accidents in the workplace and unpaid leave, the rate of absenteeism is calculated asthe ratio of the number of days of absence (total absence or for the various reasons identified) to the number of working daysin the year (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) multiplied by the number of employees at the end of the year.The average rate of absenteeism in <strong>2012</strong> was 4.6% (5% in 2011). Absenteeism trends differ from one country to the next:France has the highest absenteeism rate (6.5%), followed by Germany (5.1%). Switzerland (2.3%) and Spain (2.3%) have thelowest rates of absenteeism. Italy is below the average with a rate of 4.2%, as are Austria (4.1%) and the Czech Republic(3.8%).The average rate of absenteeism among women is 5.7% due to the higher average rate of absence for illness (5%) and unpaidleave (0.7%). The female rate of absenteeism ranges from 7% in France to 1.7% in Switzerland.64 | Assicurazioni <strong>Generali</strong> - <strong>Sustainability</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong>
Labour disputesNumber and value of labour disputesCountryNumberof disputesValue of disputes(thousand euros)2011 <strong>2012</strong> 2011 <strong>2012</strong>Italy 356 206 14,696 10,703Austria 2 1 14 7Czech Republic 1 2 8 51France 251 272 15,583 8,322Germany 151 146 7,165 1,844Spain 18 8 368 292Switzerland 4 8 272 331TOTAL 783 643 38,106 21,550In <strong>2012</strong>, the number of labour disputes - which includes cases brought against the Group by employees and former employees - fellagainst the previous year (-17.9%). 97% of disputes were concentrated in Italy, France and Germany; in these countries, only in Francethere was an increase in the number of disputes - in the other two, and Italy in particular (-42.1%), the number dropped.The value of the labour disputes also fell significantly (-43.4%) compared with 2011, with notable reductions in all of the principalcountries.Among the main reasons for the legal action taken by employees in the various countries were de-skilling, claims for greater responsibilityand pay issues in general, the contestation of the legitimacy of individual redundancies, and the challenging of disciplinary proceedings.Seventeen alleged cases of mobbing were recorded in the Group in <strong>2012</strong>, only one of which resulted in judicial proceedings. The othercases were resolved within the company.EMPLOYEES | 65
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