As of 31 December 2010, Group companies employed a total of 3,649 people, on either permanent or temporary contracts.
An analysis of the figure compared with 31 December 2009, and excluding the effects of the consolidation in April of Mondolibri SpA (246 employees last year), clearly shows the benefits of the action taken to reduce costs. In 2010 there was a total reduction in headcount of 347, or 8.7% of the total workforce, including the reductions made in the period also at Mondolibri SpA.
More than 80% of this reduction was due to the implementation of the restructuring plan involving the Italian operations of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA and Mondadori Pubblicità SpA, and the French group Mondadori France.
It should be noted that the plan will continue to be implemented in 2011 to fully attain its objectives.
Significant rationalisation efforts also involved the Direct & Retail area, where reorganisation activities and the strategic review of the sales outlets resulted in a 7% reduction in headcount.
Finally, it should be noted that the national contract (CCNL) for employees in the printing and publishing sector, which expired in March 2010, has still not been renewed.
The following table provides a picture of the Group’s personnel as of 31 December 2010:
| Personnel | 31/12/2010 | 31/12/2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA: |
|
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| - Managers, journalists and office staff | 1,108 | 1,270 |
| - Blue-collar staff | 96 | 102 |
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1,204 | 1,372 |
| Italian subsidiaries: |
|
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| - Managers, journalists and office staff | 1,478 | 1,366 |
| - Blue-collar staff | 58 | 34 |
|
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1,536 | 1,400 |
| Foreign subsidiaries: |
|
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| - Managers, journalists and office staff | 909 | 978 |
| - Blue-collar staff | - | - |
|
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909 | 978 |
| Total | 3,649 | 3,750 |
Training programme
In 2010 Mondadori implemented a Group Training Programme, open to all staff, to continue work begun in recent years to update the professional competences and managerial skills of the company’s staff. The programme has been further enhanced by a range of new training opportunities aimed at encouraging greater flexibility and better use of courses.
Investments in the Mondadori Training Programme in 2010 amounted to nearly €400,000, corresponding to 16,256 training hours.
During the year the company was also able to recover €248,637, thanks to the receipt of funds requested for 2009 from the joint funds Fondimpresa and Fondirigenti.
As part of the offer of Mondadori’s 2010 Training Programme, along with the established Corporate Training (entry level institutional training for new managers and executives), Knowledge (courses focusing on linguistic, IT and technical-professional skills) and Capabilities & Behaviour (the development of managerial, relational and innovatory-intellectual capital) areas, five new thematic areas were added specifically for the development of the various professional skills and competences in the company: Accounting, Finance and Control, Marketing, Digital, Editorial, Commercial.
There was also a substantial increase in the demand for training in 2010, with language courses numbering 36 (15 in 2009) with 224 participants (67 in 2009). 47% of middle and top management (27% in 2009) were involved.
In addition, there was a number of ad hoc initiatives designed for specific needs, units or areas in the company, mostly focused on digital competences and the training of key staff identified inside the company. Overall, such training involved 143 people, and a total of 5,600 hours.
Training courses, which are entirely provided in partnership with leading business schools and training organisations, received an average satisfaction level of 90, on a scale of 0 to 100, once again demonstrating the excellent qualitative level of the training offered.
Health and safety risks
A series of projects were introduced in 2010 aimed at improving the management of health and safety in the workplace. New resources were identified and trained as prevention and protection officers (in compliance with legislative decree 81/08), and the training programme was continued, involving more than ninety employees who make up the first aid and rapid response teams.
Safety and security procedures were updated and a number of fire evacuation drills were successfully conducted, at the company’s various offices, starting with the headquarters in Segrate.
No serious accidents in the workplace were recorded during the year.
Finally, in the first months of 2010, the reorganisation of the function was begun, aimed at ensuring a more direct, immediate and effective management of the programmes in the coming years.
In 2010, an analysis was made and shared with the employee representatives for safety and the heads of the prevention and protection teams for an articulated process to analyse and measure correlated work stress levels, in line with the disposition of T.U. 81/08 and a Ministerial Circular of 18 November 2010, which aims to provide appropriate measures to prevent such risks.