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Our Performance
Annual group wide data collection processes are used to gather core information on Johnson Matthey’s employees and the key data sets are presented below. Employee data relates to the financial year 2009/10 (unless otherwise stated) and percentage calculations are made in relation to the number of permanent employees in the group (unless otherwise stated).
Employee Numbers
The following tables set out the average number of people employed by Johnson Matthey and the net change in the number of people employed during 2009/10 by geographical region and by employment contract.
Average Number of People Employed
Average headcount 2009/10
Region |
Permanent employees |
Temporary contract employees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 4,418 | 161 | 4,579 |
| North America | 2,370 | 15 | 2,385 |
| Asia | 999 | 46 | 1,045 |
| Rest of World | 564 | 2 | 566 |
| Group | 8,351 | 224 | 8,575 |
Annual Change in People Employed
Net change between 31st March 2009 and 31st March 2010
Region |
Permanent employees |
Temporary contract employees | Total net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | +107 | -55 | +52 |
| North America | +89 | +50 | +139 |
| Asia | +180 | -2 | +178 |
| Rest of World | +41 | -1 | +40 |
| Group | +417 | -8 | +409 |
In 2008/09 the global economic slowdown had made it necessary to reduce employee numbers at some of our manufacturing sites and our monthly employee numbers continued to fall during the early part of 2009/10. A minimum point was reached in June 2009 and since then, employee numbers have increased by around 7%, as we have seen a recovery in demand for our products.
The quality of our employee relations is a priority for the company and Johnson Matthey is proud of the high level of commitment and loyalty from its employees. We have a low voluntary staff turnover, 5.4% in 2009/10, with many employees staying with the company for their whole careers. The table below sets out the employee turnover in 2009/10 by geographical region. The employee turnover figure is calculated by reference to the total number of leavers during the year expressed as a percentage of the average number of people employed during the year. The analysis does not include agency workers not directly employed by Johnson Matthey.
Employee Turnover by Region
2009/10
Region |
Total leavers |
Employee turnover |
Voluntary employee turnover |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 362 | 8.2% | 4.9% |
| North America | 255 | 10.8% | 4.3% |
| Asia | 90 | 9.0% | 6.7% |
| Rest of World | 127 | 22.5% | 11.2% |
| Group | 834 | 10.0% | 5.4% |
The graph below sets out the group’s employee turnover over the past five years and shows that voluntary employee turnover has fallen year on year since 2005. Following an increase in total employee turnover in 2008/09 which resulted from redundancies as a consequence of the difficult global economic conditions, total turnover for the group has decreased in 2009/10.
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