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SUSTAINABILITY LIBRARY 2024 People Our employees

Our employees

The Group aims to be an attractive employer for both existing and potential employees. One of the Group’s strategic priorities is “Develop our people”. Our employees are crucial for our success, and as an employer, Lerøy strives to create an including and engaging work environment characterized by collaboration, learning and continuous development.

Our values
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 the values as well as 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 employees in the Group. The survey is available in 17 languages, and is voluntary to participate in. We encourage all employees in the Group to participate and we are proud to have achieved an answer rate of 87% in 2025.

In the future, we will continue to build our “One Lerøy” culture focusing on continuous development and improvement.

 

Own employees - information by gender
Total
Number of employees
(head count)
5 311
Male 3 375
Female 1 936
Number of permanent employees
(head count)
4 566
Male 2 918
Female 1 648
Number of temporary employees
(head count)
492
Male 277
Female 215
Number of non-guaranteed hours employees
(head count)
253
Male 180
Female 73
Number of full time employees
(head count)
4 752
Male 3 045
Female 1 707
Number of part time employees
(head count)
559
Male 330
Female 229
Own and hired employees - information by country
Total
Number of employees
(head count)
5 311
Norway 3 656
Finland 52
Portugal 30
Spain 462
Denmark 398
Netherlands 192
Italy 27
USA 7
Sweden  302
Turkey 41
France 138
United Kingdom 6

 

Number of permanent employees
(head count )
4 566
Norway 3 145
Finland 44
Portugal 23
Spain 377
Denmark 398
Netherlands 152
Italy 11
USA 7
Sweden  242
Turkey 41
France 120
United Kingdom 6

 

Number of temporary employees
(head count)
492
Norway 280
Finland 8
Portugal 7
Spain 85
Denmark 0
Netherlands 18
Italy 16
USA 0
Sweden  60
Turkey 0
France 18
United Kingdom 0

 

Number of non-guaranteed hours employees
(head count)
253
Norway 231
Finland 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Denmark 0
Netherlands 22
Italy 0
USA 0
Sweden  0
Turkey 0
France 0
United Kingdom 0

 

Number of full time employees
(head count)
4752
Norway 3203
Finland 48
Portugal 30
Spain 456
Denmark 386
Netherlands 134
Italy 24
USA 7
Sweden  287
Turkey 41
France 130
United Kingdom 6

 

Number of part time employees
(head count)
306
Norway 222
Finland 4
Portugal 0
Spain 6
Denmark 12
Netherlands 36
Italy 3
USA 0
Sweden  15
Turkey 0
France 8
United Kingdom 0

 

Hired employees
(head count)
883
Norway 243
Finland 1
Portugal 2
Spain 108
Denmark 82
Netherlands 371
Italy 10
USA 0
Sweden  13
Turkey 17
France 36
United Kingdom 0

 

Total own employees and hired employees
(head count)
6194
Norway 3 899
Finland 53
Portugal 32
Spain 570
Denmark 480
Netherlands 563
Italy 37
USA 7
Sweden  315
Turkey 58
France 174
United Kingdom 6

 

Hired employees - information by gender
Total
Number of hired employees
(head count)
883
Male 401
Female 482
Number of hired full time employees
(head count)
454
Male 265
Female 189
Number of hired part time employees
(head count)
429
Male 136
Female 293
 

 

The numbers are reported in head count at the end of reporting period (31.12.2024). 

DEFINITIONS  

Own employee/s (CSRD 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 (CSRD term “non-employee”) – An employee (full-time and part-time) employed temporarily for a fixed period of time (for instance a season). The hired employee is not directly employed by Lerøy but perform work for the company and are considered part of the workforce.  

Lerøy predominantly uses hired labor (non-employees) to meet the organization’s temporary/ seasonal 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 labor (non-employees) also have a written employment contract that sets out the roles and duties of the employment. 

Part-time employment

16% of own and hired employees at Lerøy’s companies work part-time. Of those, 53% are women and 47% are men. Some of these part-time positions reflect the reduced need for full-time roles, or they have been created in response to the own and hired employee’s needs, wishes and individual life situations. Many of the part-time roles at Lerøy are auxiliary roles staffed by students. This allows the students to gain practical work experience alongside their studies.

Temporary employment

22% of own and hired employees at the Lerøy’s companies are working in temporary positions. Most temporary roles are seasonal and fluctuate with demand, e.g. during the cod (lat. Gadus Morhua) season. Lerøy also draws on a pool of temporary workers to meet its ever-changing need for resources throughout the year and to cover for staff who are on leave or working on projects.

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.   

There are no significant fluctuations in the number of employees during the reporting period (2024). 

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