CHAPTER 5
5.3. Personnel and social policy
Events of 2015
- The share of employees with higher education increased from 76.2 to 78.6%.
- 143.8 million rubles were transferred for development of human resources.
- 35% of the personnel members of the talent pool got promoted.
5.3.1. HR policy
5.3.1.1.1. Personnel characteristics
The average number of personnel
of RusHydro Group, persons
The average monthly salary
in the PJSC RusHydro*, RUB
Average duration of work
and the average age of employees, years
The average number of the Company’s personnel decreased by 1,7 % compered to 2014 and by 3 % compered to 2013, due to the implementation of measures to optimize the number of administrative staff and measures to reduce non-core activities of the Company’s branches.
5.3.1.1.2. Personnel Structure
During the last 3 years the structure of the personnel has remained stable with a tendency to a decrease in the average age and the increase in the share of highly skilled workers.
In recent years, there is a tendency to increase the proportion of professionals and employees, and reduce the proportion of workers. This is due to upgrading the efficiency of branches, strengthen security and improve the reliability of power facilities.
In connection with the improvement of the production process and rehabilitation and modernisation programme conducted by the HPP increased qualification requirements for employees. In this regard, the Company carried out a policy to attract specialists with higher education who have received appropriate training, including university graduates, which have signed a partnership agreement. At the end of 2015 the proportion of employees with higher education increased from 76.2 to 78.6%.
Personnel of PJSC RusHydro structure by categories, by education, by age and by gender, %
5.3.1.2. Training and development
Training and Development PJSC RusHydro is a strategic priority for the Company. It is connected with the requirements of regulatory authorities, production needs to meet the new professional activities, professional development and training of personnel reserve.
Funds aimed at the development of human resources in 2015 are 143.8 million rubles.
RUB million
expenditures on human
resource development
Expenditures on human resource development*, RUB million
Training of personnel by categories and by areas of training in 2015
5.3.1.3. Talent pool
In order to ensure timely and high-quality training to key positions in the Company is actively working with talent pool based on the following principles:
- Strategically – consistency problems with the personnel reserve, development objectives of the Company and formed strategic organisational competencies;
- Reliability – use of technology assessment and training, with high reliability and prognostic;
- Development – creating opportunities for professional development of employees of the Company.
In 2015 was completed training of personnel reserve of young professionals, of which 35% were promoted, and 77% of project works reservists used in practical activities of the Company. Also, in the reporting year, preparations were current talent pool for key positions of the branches of the chief engineer of the Company services.
5.3.1.4. Personnel assessment
Company personnel are periodically certified for compliance with the position, in which assessed the professional, business and personal qualities of employees and the results of their professional activity. Attestation are managers, specialists and employees of the Company, regardless of sex once every three years.
The percentage of PJSC RusHydro
branch employees who underwent
performance and career development
assessment, by gender, %
Company costs for Occupational Safety and Health, RUB million
Structure of costs for Occupational
Safety and Health, %
5.3.1.5. Occupational Safety and Health
PJSC RusHydro as a responsible and socially oriented employer improves the OSH management system and occupational safety, conform to the latest world trends. The company is taking measures to prevent accidents and diseases at work, to improve working conditions, to provide workers with personal protective equipment, and organizes medical examinations and a special assessment of the working conditions of staff.
The costs of health and safety in the Company in 2015 amounted to 325.5 mil rubles. The cost of providing workers with personal protective equipment in 2015 amounted to 91.7 mil rubles.
RUB million
occupational Safety
and Health expenditure
5.3.2. Social policy
RusHydro’s Social Policy was adopted in 2013 to address the problems of forming long-term human resource management as a major asset, staffing new facilities, performing production programmes and attracting young professionals into the industry.
Voluntary medical insurance
Voluntary medical insurance (VMI) is a part of the benefits package of the Company employees. The Programme covers 100 % of the personnel, except part-time employees and employees on trial. Within the VMI, the services are rendered for outpatient care, emergency and planned hospital treatment, emergency medical services, insurance of the persons travelling abroad. Furthermore, within the programme the employees may pass preventive medical examination, vaccination and preventive examinations.
Non-state pension provision
In 2015, PJSC RusHydro as a socially responsible Company continued implementation of the programmes of the non-state pension provision (NSPP) of its employees. The Company partner’s for the NSPP programme is the JSC Non-State Pension Fund of Electrical Energy.
NSPP includes several types of pension plans and programmes providing the financing of pension accruals for different target groups of employees. The most popular pension plan is the parity one, providing the Company participation in formation of the employee’s pension accruals on the parity basis.
Over 50 % of employees took part in the NSPP programmes in the year 2015.
The employees’ provision with decent replacement income after retirement makes it possible to predict and manage the need in personnel of the required qualification, timely plan the replacement of the vacant positions and solve the task of reducing average age of the labour force.
Personnel housing improvements
In 2015, PJSC RusHydro continued to implement the programme of the personnel housing improvements. The priority right for participation in the programme is granted to the young specialists under 30 years old, not having their own dwelling; to the specialists invited for work in the branches and moved in this connection from another location; to the key and highly-skilled professionals.
Collective contracts
In 2015, the collective contracts concluded in January, 2014 were applied in all the Company branches.
The collective contracts specify the provision of the branch employees with such social benefits and guarantees as: voluntary medical insurance, non-state pension provision, housing improvements, payments in connection with marriage registration and birth of a child, reimbursement of expenses for children support at the pre-school educational institutions, etc. The collective contracts also cover the benefits for the persons willing to become adoptive or foster parents.
The implemented Social policy enables the Company to develop dynamically, remaining competitive and attractive in the labour market in the regions of its presence.