Staff Training, Rates & Profiles
This year around 26,700 hours (2005/2006 -20,000) of formal staff training took place, an average of 6.6 hours per employee (2005/2006 - 4.7). During the year we successfully concluded a trial of e-learning and plan to roll this out during the coming year. Members actively participated in 7 training days each lasting 6 hours with an average of 20 attendees per training course. This totalled 840 hours compared to last years total of 540, which equates to 8 hours of training per "active" member (where active membership for training purposes has been defined as the number of members attending the AGM).
Staff injury and absentee rates
Staff injury and absentee rates provide the Society with an indication of how well we control the risks to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees. Staff are encouraged to report all accidents, no matter how minor, and these are recorded to ensure that safety standards are maintained and continuously improved. This year we had 22 (2005/2006 - 30) reportable accidents equating to 0.5% of the average total workforce. There were also 155 minor injuries (2005/2006 - 146), which equates to 3.7% of the average total workforce. This gives a combined total of 4.2%.
This year 22,959 days were lost through absenteeism (2005/2006 - 24,070), an average of 5.5 days per employee. This compares to a Scotmid average of 5.7 days last year and a Scottish national average of 6.6 days (CBI/AXA absence and labour turnover survey 2006).
Staff profile
A staff survey was conducted to determine ethnic background of our workforce. We had 4,053 employees when the survey was conducted, with 2,866 (71%) female (2005/2006 - 71%) and 1,187 (29%) male (2005/2006 - 29%). The survey was completed by 1,249 members of staff (31%).
| Ethnic Origin | % Of Total |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3.80 |
| Black | 0.40 |
| Mixed | 0.20 |
| Other | 1.20 |
| White | 94.40 |
| Total | 100.00 |
To put this in context the 2001 census shows 98% as the proportion from a white ethnic background in the total population of Scotland. We also asked for disability status and found that 1% of staff surveyed classify themselves as disabled.