The Group aims to be an attractive employer for both existing and potential employees. Two of the Group’s strategic priorities are “create a learning and innovative organization” and “develop our people & our communities”. Our employees are crucial for our success, and as an employer, Lerøy strives to create an including and engaging work environment characterised by collaboration, learning and continuous development.
Our values: Honest, Open, Responsible and Creative lie at the foundation of everything we do. Therefore, it is important that our employees live by and identify with our values and represent the Group as positive ambassadors.
One of our focus areas is to develop an inclusive and engaging work environment. Within the Group, we strive to build a culture of pride and openness through collaboration and learning across our fully integrated value chain. To measure this, we run an annual employee survey in collaboration with Great Place to Work that is distributed to every employee in the Group. The survey is available in 18 languages, and it is voluntary to participate. We encourage all employees in the Group to participate and is proud to have achieved an answer rate of 86% in 2023.
In the future, we will continue to build our “One Lerøy” culture focusing on continuous development and improvement.
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The numbers are reported in head count at the end of reporting period (31.12.2022).
DEFINITIONS
Own employee/s (GRI term - “employee”) – An employee (full time and part time) employed on a direct employment contract with Lerøy which defines all terms and conditions of the employment relationship.
Hired employee/s (GRI term “worker”) – An employee (full time and part time) employed temporarily for a fixed period of time (for instance a season) from a recruitment agency. The hired employee has a direct employment contract with the recruitment agency.
Lerøy predominantly uses hired labour (workers) to meet the organization’s temporary needs during certain times of the year, for instance during the cod (lat. Gadus Morhua) season which begins in January and lasts until the end of April. Hired employees perform the same work and have the same workload as our full-time employees.
All employees in Lerøy Seafood Group have a written employment contract of employment that sets out the roles and duties of the employment.
Lerøy requires that hired labour (workers) also have a written employment contract that sets out the roles and duties of the employment.
All companies in the Group carry out employment, occupational health and safety related and compliance related reporting on a monthly/quarterly basis in the Group’s reporting system Cemasys. The reported information is consolidated at Group level.
Our employees are essential to our vision, and we are committed to developing their skills and knowledge.
As an employer, the Group has a responsibility to develop and maintain our human resources, as well as attract and hire employees with the right competencies to solve existing and future challenges.
We are committed to ensure training and development at all levels and offer unique and interesting career opportunities for our employees. We will advertise internal career opportunities and encourage increased internal mobility.
In 2021 the Group launched corporate training and development online platform (Motimate) where compulsory and voluntary training is conducted. Motimate is a tool which our employees can use to develop their competencies and skills. Motimate provides an interactive and simple way for sharing and acquiring knowledge.
The Group focuses on forward-looking and coherent management based on the Group’s values and business strategy. Our managers shall lead by example, show direction and focus on achieving results jointly. In 2021, the Group continued to develop and implement programs and tools to ensure that our managers are accountable and skilled in their role.
Being a manager in Lerøy is a vote of confidence that carries significant responsibility.
The Group operates in a global industry that requires employees who are dynamic and willing to adapt and learn. By facilitating formal and informal learning areas, our employees will have the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning and development, and are encouraged to work in various areas and positions in the Group.
We have a close cooperation and knowledge sharing with various educational institutions, such as universities and colleges. In addition, we cooperate with students at Bachelor, Master and PhD level.
The Group finds great value in recruiting young people and graduates into the industry. We offer apprenticeships, summer vacancies, internships and trainee positions. It is important for the Group to have people from different backgrounds and with different types of education.
In 2021 Motimate was implemented in all Norwegian companies. In 2022 the tool will be implemented in all the Group’s companies across the globe.
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Number of workers who are not employees | 327 | 526 | 853 |
| Information on employees by gender | Male | Female | Total |
| Number of employees (head count) | 3 641 | 2 331 | 5 972 |
| Number of permanent employees (head count) | 2 846 | 1 526 | 4 372 |
| Number of temporary employees (head count) | 795 | 805 | 1 600 |
| Number of non-guaranteed hours employees (head count) | 98 | 31 | 129 |
| Number of full time employees (head count) | 3 192 | 1 868 | 5 060 |
| Number of part time employees (head count) | 351 | 432 | 783 |