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BUSINESS MODEL
AND STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES
LEADERSHIP
GOVERNANCE
SHAREHOLDERS’
INFORMATION AND
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING
PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE
BLUE LABEL INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
The Group promotes and supports equal opportunity
and fair treatment of all employees in accordance with
its employment equity policy. The Group’s recruitment
policies and procedures are aimed at enabling staff
and external candidates to compete for job and/or
promotional opportunities in an equitable
environment, where the sole criterion is merit based.
The performance of subsidiary companies in terms of
their employment equity targets is recorded and
monitored, and reported quarterly to the Social, Ethics
and Transformation Committee. The Group continues
to be non-unionised.
The table below reflects the demographics and profile
of the employee base, excluding operations at the
international associates and joint ventures:
Levels
AM CM IM WM AF CF IF WF
Total
2014
Total
2013
Total
2012
Total
2011
Unskilled and defined decision
makers
26 1 3 7 16 2 0 7 62 72 57 70
Semi-skilled and discretionary
decision makers
65 14 15 15 71 19 6 34 239 131 185 286
Workers, junior management,
supervisors
32 19 32 87 29 8 18 55 280 224 201 220
Professionally qualified and
experienced specialists and
mid-management
2 1 6 49 2 0 3 18 81 94 80 89
Senior management
0 1 1 21 2 0 0 7 32 57 55 70
Top management
2 0 1 29 0 0 3 1 36 35 41** 47*
Total permanent
127 36 58 208 120 29 30 122 730 613 619 782
Non-permanent staff
99 12 44 3 208 27 49 4 446 499 597 575
Grand total
226 48 102 211 328 56 79 126 1 176 1 112 1 216 1 357
AM: African male, CM: Coloured male, IM: Indian male, WM: White male, AF: African female, CF: Coloured
female, IF: Indian female, WF: White female.
* Includes six non-executive directors.
** Includes four non-executive directors.
The employee headcount has decreased steadily over recent years due to restructuring, consolidation and
streamlining of resources, however, the acquisition of RMCS in the period under review has seen a slight increase
in employee headcount.
For the period under review the Group submitted a consolidated Group employment equity report to the
Department of Labour.
HUMAN
CAPITAL
CONTINUED