10Our employees
With its 1,612 employees, VKG is one of the biggest employers in Ida-Viru County. Through the family members of suppliers and employees, the wellbeing of the Group indirectly influences the wellbeing of another several thousand people in the region.
The average job tenure in the company is 10 years, and the longest job tenure has so far been 54 years.
VKG feels great responsibility in supporting the development of Ida-Viru County. Our aim is to offer our people stability and a sense of security for the future, but this goal may not always be achievable considering the volatility of the oil market.
Our employees are highly qualified and innovative specialists who are dedicated and loyal in their work duties.
As at the end of December 2020, the Group employed 1,237 men and 375 women. The proportion of men is larger due to the hard physical nature of work.
We continue implementing the principles of the personnel policy adopted in 2018, with all the employees participating in it and the managers having a leading role. Our employees’ national, gender, age and language diversity places higher demands on us with regard to equal treatment, engagement and notification. The uniform code of conduct described in the personnel policy ensure honest and fair conditions for everyone.
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We nurture teamwork
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We foster and develop young future employees
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We create a safe working environment
Efficient and motivated work is directly reflected in the economic results of the enterprise. When paying our employees for their work, we proceed from the situation on the labour market in our area, the terms and conditions that are valid on the salary market in different sectors, the level of responsibility of the employee, his or her skills, and other factors that can affect the basics of wages accounting. The Group has established a transparent performance pay system based on clearly defined principles. Balanced working conditions and a fair remuneration system ensure that our employees are motivated and loyal.
Our employees have a good professional qualification and are experienced and eager to learn. In 2020, eleven Group employees graduated from the TalTech Viru College. Together with our employees, we can implement even more innovative ideas, making plants smarter and creating an environmentally friendlier living place for the residents of the Ida-Viru County, as that is the basis of the Group’s sustainable business activities.
Safe working environment
Occupational safety is one of the basic values of Viru Keemia Grupp. We believe that all serious work accidents can be prevented and we apply the 0 accidents vision in our activities. In order to achieve that, we have formulated four development areas: visibility of safety, safe conduct, learning, and indicators.
We registered 26 incidents last year, of which 10 involved serious injuries, 10 light injuries and 6 required first aid. We shall present a more detailed overview in the Sustainable Development Report that will be published in the 3rd quarter.