GRI 102-38, GRI 102-41
Fair pay for employees and attractive benefits are a matter of course at 50Hertz. The remuneration systems are refined according to need to ensure the Company remains an attractive employer for our staff in future. IG BCE (the Union for the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries), together with the Employers’ Association of Energy and Supply Companies (Arbeitgeberverband Energie- und versorgungswirtschaftlicher Unternehmen e.V. – AVEU), negotiates our collective agreements. Fair remuneration based on requirements and performance regardless of gender is supplemented by comprehensive company benefits and the offer of a company pension scheme.
In addition, employees have the option to share in the previous business year’s success by means of Elia Group’s stock programme. The year 2018 was the sixth year every employee was offered up to 24 shares at a reduced price. Nearly 58% of eligible employees took advantage of the offer.
50Hertz transparently and voluntarily releases the total earnings of the management team in the consolidated financial statements in detail, listing the fixed and variable overall remuneration, as well as corporate pensions and any other benefits to 50Hertz’s management. The features of the remuneration systems are explained with disclosures in the corporate governance declaration.
The factor of compensation of the highest-paid employee to the median annual total compensation for all employees is 8.2.