Our employees
There are about fifteen thousand people working at the Grupa Azoty Group companies. Their professionalism and work ethos build our reputation and customer confidence in the Group’s products.
There are about fifteen thousand people working at the Grupa Azoty Group companies. Their professionalism and work ethos build our reputation and customer confidence in the Group’s products. The competencies and commitment of our staff allow us to look towards the future with courage and deliver the ambitions outlined in our Strategy 2030. In line with the ESG strategy, the principal objectives for our employees are to drive their professional development, boost the culture of equality, diversity and openness, and provide them with a safe work environment on a daily basis.
We offer work in the modern chemical industry and support professional development of our staff. We want each and every member of our workforce to be able to pursue their ambitions together with the Grupa Azoty Group and feel they can count on the employer’s support in their professional careers. We hold ourselves responsible for our employees, and their work safety is treated as an absolute priority at each of our Group companies.
Our employees are offered an attractive remuneration package, appropriate to their position, skills and responsibilities, ample benefits and perks, as well as full-time employment. Each of our key companies is a significant and valued employer in its region.
The principles of HR management at our Group are defined in the collective bargaining agreements, which have been individually developed and implemented by each Group company. Matters provided for in the agreements include working hours, rules of remuneration, allowances and other pay components for employees, as well as conditions to payment of benefits other than remuneration for work (pension and death benefits). At Grupa Azoty S.A. and Grupa Azoty Police, the approach to workforce management is additionally governed by the HR policy, which is part of the HR strategy, consisting of procedures, policies and practices for dealing with employees. At Grupa Azoty S.A., Grupa Azoty Puławy and most of Grupa Azoty Puławy Group companies we have also implemented the work rules.
As at the end of 2021, the Grupa Azoty Group had 15,796 employees, up by 171 on the previous year. Nearly 10,000 people (62.4%) employed by the Group work at one of the four largest companies. Compared with 2020, the level of employment at these companies remained practically unchanged, with only two new hires. We always operate in accordance with the Labour Code and employ our staff under employment contracts, with almost 93% of them being open-ended contracts.
The data below present the employment level as at December 31st 2021 and include only employees working under employment contracts, excluding any staff working under civil law contracts (i.e. contracts for a specific work, managerial contracts and contracts with management board members) and personnel on unpaid, parental and rehabilitation leave.
Total number of employees by gender and type of employment contract [headcount]1
| 2020 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | F | M | ||
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | Part-time | 406 | 999 | 394 | 988 |
| Full-time | 49 | 74 | 65 | 115 | |
| Total | 455 | 1,073 | 459 | 1,103 | |
| Grupa Azoty POLICE | Part-time | 499 | 1,841 | 500 | 1,827 |
| Full-time | 28 | 137 | 44 | 146 | |
| Total | 527 | 1,978 | 544 | 1,973 | |
| Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY2 | Part-time | 729 | 2 573 | 718 | 2 600 |
| Full-time | 81 | 222 | 77 | 229 | |
| Total | 810 | 2,795 | 795 | 2,829 | |
| Grupa Azoty S.A.3 | Part-time | 643 | 1 491 | 639 | 1 462 |
| Full-time | 22 | 62 | 16 | 38 | |
| Total | 665 | 1,553 | 655 | 1,500 | |
| Total | 2,457 | 7,399 | 2,453 | 7,405 | |
| 9,8564 | 9,858 | ||||
1 A restatement was made relative to data presented in the non-financial report of the Grupa Azoty Group for the 12 months ended December 31st 2021.
2 The non-financial report includes staff employed under employment contracts and staff employed under civil law, including managerial, contracts.
3 The non-financial report includes an incorrect breakdown of employees by gender.
4 The number of employees specified in the Grupa Azoty Group’s 2020 integrated report was corrected.
Total number of employees by gender and working time arrangement [headcount]5
| 2020 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | M | F | M | ||
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | Part-time | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Full-time | 452 | 1,073 | 456 | 1,102 | |
| Total | 455 | 1,073 | 459 | 1,103 | |
| 1,528 | 1,562 | ||||
| Grupa Azoty POLICE | Part-time | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Full-time | 525 | 1,977 | 541 | 1,972 | |
| Total | 527 | 1,978 | 544 | 1,973 | |
| 2,505 | 2,517 | ||||
| Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY | Part-time | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Full-time | 809 | 2,793 | 793 | 2,829 | |
| Total | 810 | 2,795 | 795 | 2,829 | |
| 3,605 | 3,624 | ||||
| Grupa Azoty S.A. | Part-time | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| Full-time | 661 | 1,545 | 652 | 1,494 | |
| Total | 665 | 1,553 | 655 | 1,500 | |
| 2,218 | 2,155 | ||||
| Suma | 2,457 | 7,399 | 2,453 | 7,405 | |
| 9,856 | 9,858 | ||||
5 A restatement was made relative to data presented in the non-financial report of the Grupa Azoty Group for the 12 months ended December 31st 2021.
Governing bodies and employees by gender and age group6
There were no significant changes in the workforce structure relative to 2020 at any of our leading companies. The largest group of our employees are blue-collar male workers aged between 30 and 50. Women account for a majority (95%) of laboratory staff and 33% of the staff employed in manager positions. The share of women in senior management positions is over 25%. In 2021, persons aged between 30 and 50 represented a majority of the workforce at each main company of the Grupa Azoty Group. They accounted for approximately 53% of the workforce. The second largest group were employees aged above 50, accounting for approximately 37% of the workforce.
6 For the sake of data consistency, GRI 405-1 includes only employees working under employment contracts, excluding any staff working under civil law contracts (i.e. contracts for a specific work, managerial contracts and contracts with management board members).
Number of employees by gender and type of position
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | Grupa Azoty POLICE | Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY | Grupa Azoty S.A. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Operators | 649 | 33 | 657 | 23 | 1,163 | 8 | 1,151 | 8 | 1,076 | 15 | 1,081 | 14 | 713 | 34 | 550 | 30 |
| Other blue-collar jobs | 108 | 19 | 109 | 21 | 341 | 70 | 350 | 72 | 921 | 105 | 953 | 94 | 330 | 44 | 435 | 44 |
| Managers | 62 | 45 | 59 | 46 | 80 | 26 | 83 | 26 | 123 | 56 | 123 | 54 | 87 | 50 | 77 | 41 |
| Laboratory staff | 13 | 112 | 13 | 114 | 9 | 174 | 8 | 180 | 1 | 177 | 1 | 181 | 9 | 209 | 12 | 194 |
| Supervisors | 75 | 8 | 82 | 8 | 130 | 17 | 128 | 17 | 244 | 20 | 243 | 19 | 105 | 10 | 108 | 11 |
| Senior staff | 39 | 95 | 43 | 86 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 120 | 46 | 124 | 97 | 166 | 85 | 148 |
| Specialist staff | 117 | 138 | 125 | 156 | 234 | 221 | 231 | 230 | 342 | 299 | 337 | 291 | 190 | 149 | 205 | 178 |
| Senior management | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 44 | 18 | 45 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 28 | 9 |
| TOTAL | 1,076 | 455 | 1,103 | 459 | 1,978 | 527 | 1,973 | 544 | 2,795 | 810 | 2,829 | 795 | 1,553 | 665 | 1,500 | 655 |
| 1,531 | 1,562 | 2,505 | 2,517 | 3,605 | 3,624 | 2,218 | 2,155 | |||||||||
Management Board composition by gender (number and percentage) as at December 31st 2021
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | Grupa Azoty POLICE | Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY | Grupa Azoty S.A. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Number | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Percentage (%) | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 75 | 25 | 75 | 25 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
Employees by gender and type of position [%]
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | Grupa Azoty POLICE | Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY | Grupa Azoty S.A. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Operators | 42.47 | 2.16 | 42.06 | 1.47 | 46.43 | 0.32 | 45.73 | 0.32 | 29.85 | 0.42 | 29.83 | 0.39 | 32.15 | 1.53 | 25.52 | 1.39 |
| Other blue-collar jobs | 7.07 | 1.24 | 6.98 | 1.34 | 13.61 | 2.79 | 13.91 | 2.86 | 25.55 | 2.91 | 26.30 | 2.59 | 14.74 | 2.12 | 20.19 | 2.04 |
| Managers | 4.06 | 2.95 | 3.78 | 2.94 | 3.19 | 1.04 | 3.30 | 1.03 | 3.41 | 1.55 | 3.39 | 1.49 | 3.92 | 2.25 | 3.57 | 1.90 |
| Laboratory staff | 0.85 | 7.33 | 0.83 | 7.30 | 0.36 | 6.95 | 0.32 | 7.15 | 0.03 | 4.91 | 0.03 | 4.99 | 0.41 | 9.42 | 0.56 | 9.00 |
| Supervisors | 4.91 | 0.52 | 5.25 | 0.51 | 5.19 | 0.68 | 5.09 | 0.68 | 6.77 | 0.55 | 6.71 | 0.52 | 4.73 | 0.45 | 5.01 | 0.51 |
| Senior staff | 2.55 | 6.22 | 2.75 | 5.51 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 1.22 | 3.33 | 1.27 | 3.42 | 4.37 | 7.48 | 3.94 | 6.87 |
| Specialist staff | 7.66 | 9.03 | 8.00 | 9.99 | 9.34 | 8.82 | 9.18 | 9.14 | 9.49 | 8.29 | 9.30 | 8.03 | 8.39 | 6.90 | 9.51 | 8.26 |
| Senior management | 0.65 | 0.33 | 0.96 | 0.32 | 0.84 | 0.24 | 0.87 | 0.20 | 1.22 | 0.50 | 1.24 | 0.50 | 0.99 | 0.14 | 1.30 | 0.42 |
Employees by age and type of position [%]
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | Grupa Azoty POLICE | Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY | Grupa Azoty S.A. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Wiek | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Operators | <30 | 2.68 | 2.56 | 8.22 | 8.18 | 4.94 | 3.67 | 4.91 | 1.48 |
| 30–50 | 23.58 | 23.37 | 26.11 | 26.50 | 17.70 | 18.82 | 16.14 | 12.67 | |
| 50+ | 18.29 | 17.61 | 12.42 | 11.36 | 7.63 | 7.73 | 12.62 | 12.76 | |
| Other blue-collar jobs | <30 | 0.46 | 0.26 | 1.84 | 2.42 | 3.31 | 2.26 | 1.04 | 2.69 |
| 30–50 | 4.51 | 4.42 | 8.50 | 8.78 | 13.35 | 14.65 | 6.67 | 8.96 | |
| 50+ | 3.33 | 3.65 | 6.07 | 5.56 | 11.82 | 11.98 | 9.15 | 10.58 | |
| Managers | <30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
| 30–50 | 3.85 | 3.71 | 2.63 | 2.70 | 2.11 | 2.04 | 3.56 | 3.02 | |
| 50+ | 3.14 | 3.01 | 1.60 | 1.63 | 2.86 | 2.84 | 2.52 | 2.37 | |
| Laboratory staff | <30 | 1.50 | 2.05 | 1.36 | 1.35 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 1.89 | 1.44 |
| 30–50 | 3.66 | 2.94 | 3.71 | 4.17 | 2.03 | 2.10 | 3.79 | 3.06 | |
| 50+ | 3.00 | 3.14 | 2.24 | 1.95 | 2.11 | 2.18 | 4.15 | 5.06 | |
| Supervisors | <30 | 0.00 | 0.13 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| 30–50 | 2.35 | 2.62 | 3.67 | 3.89 | 3.83 | 3.45 | 2.07 | 1.95 | |
| 50+ | 3.07 | 3.01 | 2.16 | 1.83 | 3.44 | 3.78 | 3.07 | 3.53 | |
| Senior staff | <30 | 1.76 | 1.73 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.33 | 1.49 | 0.97 |
| 30–50 | 5.55 | 5.19 | 0.08 | 0.12 | 2.36 | 2.46 | 4.69 | 4.04 | |
| 50+ | 1.44 | 1.34 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 2.03 | 1.90 | 5.68 | 5.80 | |
| Specialist staff | <30 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.14 | 0.55 | 0.63 | 0.28 |
| 30–50 | 10.45 | 11.08 | 11.10 | 11.40 | 11.27 | 11.18 | 9.92 | 11.51 | |
| 50+ | 6.21 | 6.66 | 5.91 | 5.68 | 5.39 | 5.60 | 4.73 | 5.99 | |
| Senior management | <30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 30–50 | 0.72 | 1.02 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.84 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 1.25 | |
| 50+ | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.89 | 1.02 | 0.41 | 0.46 | |
New employee hires and employee turnover
New hires by gender and age
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | F | M | F | M | |||||
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | <30 | 14 | 54% | 16 | 41% | 16 | 38% | 20 | 24% |
| 30–50 | 12 | 46% | 22 | 56% | 24 | 57% | 57 | 68% | |
| 50+ | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% | 2 | 5% | 7 | 8% | |
| Total | 26 | 24% | 39 | 12% | 42 | 28% | 84 | 24% | |
| Grupa Azoty POLICE | <30 | 7 | 54% | 54 | 45% | 16 | 33% | 71 | 50% |
| 30–50 | 6 | 46% | 64 | 54% | 32 | 65% | 67 | 47% | |
| 50+ | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 1 | 2% | 4 | 3% | |
| Total | 13 | 12% | 119 | 36% | 49 | 33% | 142 | 40% | |
| Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY | <30 | 7 | 22% | 61 | 57% | 18 | 46% | 32 | 31% |
| 30–50 | 24 | 75% | 44 | 41% | 20 | 51% | 65 | 63% | |
| 50+ | 1 | 3% | 2 | 2% | 1 | 3% | 6 | 6% | |
| Total | 32 | 29% | 107 | 32% | 39 | 26% | 103 | 29% | |
| Grupa Azoty S.A. | <30 | 15 | 38% | 16 | 23% | 0 | 0% | 10 | 38% |
| 30–50 | 17 | 44% | 43 | 62% | 17 | 94% | 14 | 54% | |
| 50+ | 7 | 18% | 10 | 14% | 1 | 6% | 2 | 8% | |
| Total | 39 | 35% | 69 | 21% | 18 | 12% | 26 | 7% | |
| Total <30 | 43 | 39% | 147 | 44% | 50 | 34% | 133 | 37% | |
| Total 30–50 | 59 | 54% | 173 | 52% | 93 | 63% | 203 | 57% | |
| Total 50+ | 8 | 7% | 14 | 4% | 5 | 3% | 19 | 5% | |
| TOTAL | 110 | 25% | 334 | 75% | 148 | 29% | 355 | 71% | |
Total number of terminations and employee turnover by gender and age
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | F | M | F | M | |||||
| Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN | <30 | 2 | 6% | 3 | 6% | 2 | 6% | 6 | 12% |
| 30–50 | 7 | 20% | 10 | 19% | 4 | 11% | 9 | 17% | |
| 50+ | 26 | 74% | 39 | 75% | 50 | 83% | 37 | 71% | |
| Total | 35 | 24% | 52 | 17% | 36 | 22% | 52 | 14% | |
| Grupa Azoty POLICE | <30 | 3 | 8% | 20 | 14% | 3 | 8% | 25 | 16% |
| 30–50 | 8 | 22% | 34 | 24% | 11 | 29% | 45 | 29% | |
| 50+ | 26 | 70% | 89 | 62% | 24 | 63% | 86 | 55% | |
| Total | 37 | 26% | 143 | 46% | 38 | 23% | 156 | 43% | |
| Grupa Azoty PUŁAWY | <30 | 2 | 5% | 4 | 6% | 2 | 4% | 7 | 8% |
| 30–50 | 11 | 27% | 18 | 26% | 19 | 32% | 18 | 22% | |
| 50+ | 28 | 68% | 47 | 68% | 38 | 65% | 58 | 70% | |
| Total | 41 | 28% | 69 | 22% | 59 | 36% | 83 | 23% | |
| Grupa Azoty S.A. | <30 | 3 | 9% | 4 | 8% | 2 | 6% | 11 | 15% |
| 30–50 | 2 | 6% | 10 | 20% | 11 | 34% | 17 | 23% | |
| 50+ | 27 | 84% | 35 | 71% | 19 | 59% | 47 | 63% | |
| Total | 32 | 22% | 49 | 16% | 32 | 19% | 75 | 20% | |
| Total <30 | 10 | 7% | 31 | 10% | 9 | 5% | 50 | 14% | |
| Total 30–50 | 28 | 19% | 72 | 23% | 45 | 27% | 90 | 25% | |
| Total 50+ | 107 | 74% | 210 | 67% | 111 | 67% | 226 | 62% | |
| TOTAL | 145 | 32% | 313 | 68% | 165 | 31% | 366 | 69% | |
The high rate of employee attrition in the 50+ age group was in a vast majority of cases due to retirement decisions.
The remuneration offered to employees of the Group’s leading companies is higher than the minimum wage. Persons who are at the beginning of their professional careers and hold entry-level jobs at our Group may expect, depending on the company, a monthly pay which exceeds the minimum wage by 27% – 160%. The year-on-year decrease in employee remuneration in 2021 relative to the minimum wage is attributable to a higher minimum wage in Poland.
Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage7
| F | M | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn | 2.63 | 1.71 | 3.01 | 2.60 |
| Grupa Azoty Police | 2.03 | 1.77 | 2.32 | 1.27 |
| Grupa Azoty Puławy | 2.10 | 1.55 | 2.38 | 1.60 |
| Grupa Azoty S.A. | 2.24 | 2.01 | 2.25 | 1.98 |
7 Ratio calculated as the average wage for an entry-level job (with entry-level jobs understood as “Other blue-collar jobs”) compared to the minimum wage in Poland in the year stated. In 2020, the minimum wage in Poland was PLN 2,600, up to PLN 2,800 in 2021.
Employee benefits
We offer an attractive employee benefits package at the Grupa Azoty Group. Each company defines the detailed terms of the package on its own to match the needs of its employees.
Grupa Azoty S.A. provides its full-time employees with:
- Occupational Pension Scheme, in which 1,847 employees were registered in 2021,
- co-funding of private medical care, which in 2021 was used by 1,751 employees and 832 employee family members, that is by 2,583 persons in total,
- co-funding of life insurance, which in 2021 was used by 3,293 employees and members of their families.
Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn provides its full-time employees with:
- additional medical cover,
- Occupational Pension Scheme,
- emergency benefits,
- health promotion programmes,
- partial refund of upskilling expenses.
Grupa Azoty Puławy provides its full-time employees with:
- benefits under the Social Benefits Fund:
- emergency cash for employees, pensioners, persons on pre-retirement benefits and children of eligible persons,
- holiday allowance for employees,
- holiday allowance for pensioners, and persons on pre-retirement benefits,
- allowance for therapeutic holidays in a sanatorium purchased individually by eligible persons,
- allowance for children’s summer and winter camps, residential trips, holidays, therapeutic holidays in a sanatorium and physical therapy holidays,
- home loans;
- cultural, sports and recreation events,
- use of swimming pools and other sports facilities,
- Christmas events and purchase of Santa Clause gifts for children,
- employee trips,
- ‘Spartakiads’ – events for employees, pensioners, persons on pre-retirement benefits,
- vouchers and financial assistance to prepare for Christmas/Easter celebrations for pensioners and persons on pre-retirement benefits,
- group life insurance,
- unit-linked group life insurance,
- medical care with unlimited access to medical consultations, examinations, diagnostic tests, outpatient treatments and rehabilitation,
- Employee Capital Plans.
Grupa Azoty Police provides its full-time employees with:
- benefits under the Social Benefits Fund:
- allowance for children’s holidays organised (or purchased) by the employer and individually by eligible persons, in the form of therapeutic holidays, summer and winter camps for children,
- allowance for employee holidays, sanatorium treatment, preventive and therapeutic holidays, and trips organised or purchased by the employer and individually by eligible persons,
- allowance for holidays organised by employees on their own,
- in-kind and financial assistance provided in emergencies,
- purchase of Christmas gifts for children (sweets or gift cards),
- support for home renovation and housing purposes,
- financial assistance to pensioners,
- prepaid gift card top-ups for employees before Easter, Chemists’ Day and Christmas,
- LUX-MED medical cover and a dental care package,
- Occupational Pension Scheme,
- life insurance,
- prophylactic meals for eligible employees,
- allowance for eye protection spectacles,
- flexible work time – most employees working in the basic system start work between 6:00 am and 8:00 am and finish between 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm,
- 10 additional days off for single- and two-shift workers and for company fire-fighters as compensation for longer working time compared to three-shift workers.
