Staff and Member Training
This year around 40,400 hours (2007/08 - 28,300) of formal staff training took place, an average of 10.1 hours per employee (2007/08 - 7.1). During the year we continued our programme of in-store e-learning and the total above includes an estimate of 9,600 hours delivered by this method.
A new programme of training for active members was implemented in the year. As a result training hours returned to more normal levels following the temporary reduction last year. Members actively participated in a total of 550 hours of training compared to last year's total of 170. This equates to 5.2 hours (2007/08 - 1.3 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 20 (2007/08 - 16) reportable accidents equating to 0.5% (2007/08 - 0.4%) of the average total workforce. There were also 160 minor injuries (2007/08 - 103), which equates to 4.1% of the average total workforce. This gives a combined total of 4.6% (2007/08 - 3%).
This year 19,470 days were lost through absenteeism, (2007/08 - 22,820), an average of 4.9 days per employee. This compared to a Scotmid average of 5.5 days last year and a Scottish national average of 6.8 days (CBI/AXA absence and labour turnover published 14 May 2008).
Staff Profile
Scotmid had an average of 3,887 employees in 2008/09 compared to 4,005 in 2007/08. The staff profile by gender at the year-end was 73% female (2007/08 . 71%) and 27% male (2007/08 . 29%). Our staff profile by ethnicity is based on a sample of the workforce that responded to a 2006 survey, adjusted for subsequent starters and leavers in 2007/08 and 2008/09.
| Ethnic Origin | % Of Total |
|---|---|
| Asian | 2.6 |
| Black | 0.4 |
| Mixed | 0.3 |
| Other | 0.6 |
| White | 96.1 |
| 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.