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SUSTAINABILITY LIBRARY 2025 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)
5 830
Male 3 710
Female 2 120
Number of permanent employees
(head count)
4 843
Male 3 072
Female 1 771
Number of temporary employees
(head count)
680
Male 410
Female 270
Number of non-guaranteed hours employees
(head count)
307
Male 228
Female 79
Number of full time employees
(head count)
5 200
Male 3 316
Female 1 884
Number of part time employees
(head count)
630
Male 394
Female 236
Own and hired employees - information by country
Total
Number of employees
(head count)
5 830
Norway 4 011
Finland 56
Portugal 45
Spain 568
Denmark 417
Netherlands 197
Italy 27
USA 6
Sweden  315
Turkey 80
France 96
United Kingdom 11
Thailand 1

 

Number of permanent employees
(head count )
4 843
Norway 3323
Finland 46
Portugal 35
Spain 450
Denmark 417
Netherlands 159
Italy 14
USA 6
Sweden  258
Turkey 42
France 81
United Kingdom 11
Thailand 1

 

Number of temporary employees
(head count)
680
Norway 400
Finland 8
Portugal 10
Spain 118
Denmark 0
Netherlands 21
Italy 13
USA 0
Sweden  57
Turkey 38
France 15
United Kingdom 0
Thailand 0

 

Number of non-guaranteed hours employees
(head count)
307
Norway 288
Finland 2
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Denmark 0
Netherlands 17
Italy 0
USA 0
Sweden  0
Turkey 0
France 0
United Kingdom 0
Thailand 0

 

Number of full time employees
(head count)
5 184
Norway 3486
Finland 52
Portugal 45
Spain 562
Denmark 397
Netherlands 139
Italy 26
USA 6
Sweden  290
Turkey 80
France 89
United Kingdom 11
Thailand 1

 

Number of part time employees
(head count)
646
Norway 525
Finland 4
Portugal 0
Spain 6
Denmark 20
Netherlands 58
Italy 1
USA 0
Sweden  25
Turkey 0
France 7
United Kingdom 0
Thailand 0

 

Hired employees
(head count)
943
Norway 230
Finland 2
Portugal 4
Spain 83
Denmark 70
Netherlands 496
Italy 8
USA 0
Sweden  15
Turkey 0
France 35
United Kingdom 0
Thailand 0

 

Total own employees and hired employees
(head count)
6 773
Norway 4 241
Finland 58
Portugal 49
Spain 651
Denmark 487
Netherlands 693
Italy 35
USA 6
Sweden  330
Turkey 80
France 131
United Kingdom 11
Thailand 1

 

Hired employees - information by gender
Total
Number of hired employees
(head count)
943
Male 419
Female 524
Number of hired full time employees
(head count)
348
Male 207
Female 141
Number of hired part time employees
(head count)
595
Male 212
Female 383
 

 

The numbers are reported in head count at the end of reporting period (31.12.2025). 

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

18% of own and hired employees at Lerøy’s companies work part-time. Of those, 50% are women and 50% 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

24% 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 (2025). 

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