LA14 Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category

Gender does not play a role when salaries are determined at Orion. Salary equality is assessed annually by means of a salary mapping as specified in the Finnish Act on Equality between Women and Men. Orion’s management and employee representatives review the assessment and agree on any necessary corrective measures.

LA Job satisfaction

Throughout the 2000s, Orion has placed special emphasis on human resources management and supervisory work. Results of these efforts are monitored by means such as the Happy@Work surveys conducted annually with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and to which all Orion employees are invited to participate. In the national comparison, Orion’s management performance indicators are clearly above the Finnish average, and the results show that Orion is one of Finland’s top companies in terms of good management.

The response rate of the Group-wide Happy@Work survey has been around 80 per cent over the recent years, which is very high. In 2009, the response rate was 83 per cent, with 2,525 Orion employees participating in the survey.
The survey is conducted mainly on the web, with only a few units using paper forms. The contents of the survey were revamped in 2009 to include themes considered important by Orion employees, such as how useful the employees consider performance reviews to be.

The results of Orion’s Happy@Work survey in 2009 were included in the new national  ”Better Workplace” index where Orion reached the value of 14.2 against the average 13.6 for Finnish companies. Orion employees ranked nearly all of the measured factors higher than the Finnish average. They rated the functioning and development activity of their units at a very good level compared with the Finnish results in general. They also considered the atmosphere of their units clearly more motivating and more supporting of new ideas than previously. This is a very important result considering that the survey was conducted in early 2009, immediately after challenging negotiations concerning reduction of personnel.  

In their free time, employees can take part in the numerous activities of recreational clubs supported by the company and reserve accommodation in the company’s recreation areas for its employees in several locations in Finland. Employees can use culture vouchers sponsored by Orion for sports and cultural activities. Gym and sauna facilities are available for the employees at Orion’s premises in Espoo. High-quality workplace catering is one of the priorities. The staff shops in in Turku and Espoo and the OrionNetshop on the web offer favourable purchasing opportunities to employees. Pharmaceuticals are, however, not included in their product selections.

Occupational healthcare services provided by Orion are more comprehensive than those required by law, with an aim to secure a healthy and safe working environment, as well as a well functioning working community. Most of Orion’s occupational safety and well-being activities focus on prevention.

Health checkups are performed by age group to evaluate occupational fitness and the need of measures to promote it, such as “shape-up” courses sponsored by the company. Systematic assessments of the workplace and risks are carried out to continuously develop working conditions.