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HUMAN RIGHTS: RESPECTING FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS
2015 NEWS
In 2015, Assystem continued to implement and promote its commitments
to diversity, both internally and externally.
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The Company has made new commitments to the Company’s
employee organisations in France and elsewhere to increase the
proportion of women in recruitment processes and in management
with objectives in terms of figures and dates.
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The “Women of Energy” network has been extended to two new
countries: Belgium and the United Kingdom, and will continue
to expand outside France whenever and wherever relevant. The
network’s 5
th
anniversary was an opportunity to assess the need to
strengthen certain areas of progress. In 2016 a new roadmap will
be defined, in particular to reinforce feminisation of management
which has made strong progress but essentially remains confined to
junior management.
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Assystem has also set itself the objective of formally defining a charter
for transmission of know-how and skills, embodied within the Assystem
Institute, thus defining and emphasising the value of each person’s
role and responsibilities.
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After being considered one of the 100 favourite companies for
engineering students (Universum ranking) and taking 14
th
position
(out of 130) in the category “Company with a strong culture for
diversity and integration of minorities” in 2014, in 2015 for the
second consecutive year Assystem was ranked as one of top 10
engineering companies that are “great to work for” (Statista ranking
of best employers for the Capital magazine).
Making disabilities into workplace assets
Motivated by the same ambitions as for equal opportunities, Assytem’s
objectives for integration of people with disabilities aim to position the
Company as an example in its business sector. Since 2007, Assystem
has had a proactive policy in place for promoting the employment of
people with disabilities. The financial and human resources devoted
to this area have grown steadily over the past few years with the
implementation of a “Mission Handicap” project in 2007 and the
signature in 2013 of a company-wide agreement in France with the
Department of Labour and labour-management representatives.
As a result, in the French engineering sector Assystem is a pioneer
as an employee of people with disabilities. The rate of employment
of people with disabilities stood at 2.44% in 2015, whereas it was
0.8% in 2007.
The “Mission Handicap” project focuses on several different areas:
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helping people with disabilities remain in employment through
employability management programmes;
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recruiting people with disabilities;
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sub-contracting to the protected and adapted sector: promoting
external or internal services;
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providing employees with information on disabilities and raising
awareness;
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partnerships in the Assystem Innovation Factory in particular
concerning the in-house exoskeleton project, Handroid.
The Group adapts this policy to each country where it operates
always with the same objective: exchange of best practices through
commitments according to local legislation and the characteristics of
the local market.
2015 NEWS
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Assystem successfully continued its awareness-raising programme for
Group managers and employees.
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On the basis of an initial evaluation of the agreement signed in 2013,
the Group has defined new initiatives:
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associating clients more closely, achieved through specific
actions such as the organisation of events related to handisport,
or involvement with associations such as Hanvol, which brings
together the main players in the world of aeronautics;
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developing the involvement of its engineers in research and
innovation projects with the aim of improving quality of life for
people with disabilities.
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In 2016, Assystem is going to renew the agreements signed with
its French industrial partners to continue the actions already begun.
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