2021 Sustainability report | 2020 performance

People indicators

People indicators

This section includes indicators and GRI Standard disclosures.

LEGEND

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Data not available or not required.

NA

Not applicable.

Operator

Employees working in production operations.

Non-exempt

Employees who hold positions normally requiring higher education and who are eligible for overtime compensation.

Exempt

Employees who hold positions normally requiring graduate or post-graduate education and who are not eligible for overtime compensation.

Headcount evolution by region(1) I 102-8 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Americas

741

743

744

761

766

Female

185

190

183

192

188

Male

556

553

561

569

578

Asia Pacific

17,518

18,820

18,828

18,398

18,276

Female

7,472

7,947

7,848

7,484

7,432

Male

10,046

10,873

10,980

10,914

10,844

Europe

20,497

21,266

21,464

21,633

22,594

Female

4,950

5,188

5,296

5,320

5,616

Male

15,547

16,078

16,168

16,313

16,978

Mediterranean

4,724

4,638

4,917

4,762

4,380

Female

2,614

2,491

2,741

2,667

2,396

Male

2,110

2,147

2,176

2,095

1,984

Total

43,480

45,467

45,953

45,554

46,016

Female

15,221

15,816

16,068

15,663

15,632

Male

28,259

29,651

29,885

29,891

30,384

(1)

Includes direct and indirect workers.
Employees by gender and by category I 405-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Number of operators

15,794

15,894

Female (%)

56%

55%

55%

56%

54%

Male (%)

44%

45%

45%

44%

46%

Number of non-exempts

10,024

9,598

Female (%)

23%

23%

22%

22%

22%

Male (%)

77%

77%

78%

78%

78%

Number of exempts

19,736

20,524

Female (%)

22%

22%

23%

23%

24%

Male (%)

78%

78%

77%

77%

76%
External hires in manufacturing (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Jobs filled externally vs overall jobs filled

97

97

98

96

97
Hires by job type I 401-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Operator

7,904

10,769

11,379

6,687

6,345

Female

3,463

3,984

3,938

2,114

1,870

Male

4,441

6,785

7,441

4,573

4,475

Non-exempt

2,192

2,503

2,760

3,033

2,473

Female

437

515

557

635

523

Male

1,755

1,988

2,203

2,398

1,950

Exempt

1,328

1,797

2,385

2,603

2,121

Female

388

445

733

713

573

Male

940

1,352

1,652

1,890

1,548

Total

11,424

15,069

16,524

12,323

10,939

Female

4,288

4,944

5,228

3,462

2,966

Male

7,136

10,125

11,296

8,861

7,973
Newcomers induction program (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Newcomers who participated in a formal induction session (e.g. newcomers seminar) during their first year of employment

85

78

72

71

72
Workforce by employment type (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Full-time contract

97

97

97

97

97

Female

94

94

94

94

94

Male

99

99

99

99

99

Part-time contract

3

3

3

3

3

Female

6

6

6

6

6

Male

1

1

1

1

1
Workforce by employment contract (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Permanent contract

96

95

95

97

97

Female

95

94

94

96

96

Male

97

96

96

98

97

Temporary contract(1)

4

5

5

3

3

Female

5

6

6

4

4

Male

3

4

4

2

3

(1)

Includes direct and indirect workers.
Workforce by employment contract by region (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2017

2018

2019

2020

Permanent contract

Americas

99.2

99.6

99.3

99.7

Asia Pacific

99.6

98.8

99.4

98.8

Europe

93.8

94.7

97.1

95.8

Mediterranean

84.7

82.2

89.2

92.6

Temporary contract(1)

Americas

0.8

0.4

0.7

0.3

Asia Pacific

0.4

1.2

0.6

1.2

Europe

6.2

5.3

2.9

4.2

Mediterranean

15.3

17.8

10.8

7.4

(1)

Includes direct and indirect workers.
Workforce by employment relation (% of workers) I 102-8 I

2017

2018

2019

2020

Direct relation(1)

98

97

99

98

Indirect relation(2)

2

3

1

2

(1)

Workers employed directly by ST.

(2)

Workers employed by a third-party, such as interim agencies.
Remuneration (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Employees below the ST minimum salary scale in their job grade (exempt)

17

14

14

13

13

Employees with individual salary increase

75

86

84

83

30
Benefits, bonus & Unvested Stock Awards I 201-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Eligible (exempt >JG 11) employees receiving unvested stock awards (%)

27%

29%

29%

30%

27%

Number of employees rewarded

4,750

5,050

5,140

5,590

5,070
Number of nationalities in the headcount by region(1) I 405-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Americas

21

20

21

21

21

Asia Pacific

35

34

35

34

35

Europe

80

83

87

87

87

Mediterranean

32

40

47

50

46

Total

-

97

105

105

103

(1)

Expatriates and assignees are counted in host country.
Number of nationalities in corporate staff I 405-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Different nationalities represented in the corporate staff

6

6

6

6

6
Employees by gender and by region (%) I 405-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Americas

Male

75

74

75

75

75

Female

25

26

25

25

25

Asia Pacific

Male

57

58

58

59

59

Female

43

42

42

41

41

Europe

Male

76

76

75

75

75

Female

24

24

25

25

25

Mediterranean

Male

45

46

44

44

45

Female

55

54

56

56

55
Average(1) overall turnover rate(2) by age group (%) I 401-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Under 30 years old

62

60

56

49

40

30–50 years old

7

8

9

9

8

Over 50 years old

6

9

6

6

7

(1)

Turnover rate calculated on average headcount in activity throughout the year.

(2)

Resignations, retirements and dismissals.
Average(1) turnover rate (%) I 401-1 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Average voluntary turnover rate(2)

16.8

18.5

18.3

16.1

12.6

Average overall turnover rate(3)

19.2

20.5

20.1

17.7

14.0

(1)

Turnover rate calculated on average headcount in activity throughout the year.

(2)

Resignations.

(3)

Resignations, retirements and dismissals.
Average(1) overall turnover rate(2) by gender, by category and by region in 2020 (%) I 401-1 I

Operator

Non-exempt

Exempt

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Americas(3)

NA

NA

42.1

146.0(4)

9.9

7.3

Asia Pacific

16.4

95.2

14.6

32.8

6.8

6.2

Europe

4.1

2.1

3.0

2.7

2.4

3.2

Mediterranean

11.2

18.5

9.1

6.3

7.3

7.4

(1)

Turnover rate calculated on average headcount in activity throughout the year.

(2)

Resignations, retirements and dismissals.

(3)

The Company has no manufacturing sites in these regions.

(4)

Needs to be considered in a context of extremely low headcount.
Average employee age by category

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Operator

34

34

34

35

36

Non-exempt

38

38

39

39

40

Exempt

43

44

44

44

44

Average employee age (years)

39

39

39

40

40
Employees by category and by age group in 2020 (%) I 405-1 I

Under
30 years old

30-50 years old

Over
50 years old

Operator

37

52

10

Non-exempt

23

61

16

Exempt

10

61

29

(1)

The sums may not add up to 100% due to rounding of the figures.
Promotion ratio female/male by category and by region in 2020 (%) I 405-1 I SDG 5.5

Operator

Non-exempt

Exempt

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Americas(1)

NA

NA

0

0

7

6

Asia Pacific

4

5

6

8

11

12

Europe

5

4

7

6

12

11

Mediterranean

0

1

2

1

17

10

(1)

The Company has no manufacturing sites in these regions.
Disabled employees (%) I 405-1 I SDG 10.2

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Disabled people employed as % of total workforce

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.8

2.0
Career development (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Employees with a promotion in the year

8

9

11

10

8

Employees with a job function change in the year

4

3

2

2

2
Employee yearly Individual Performance Management (%) I 404-3 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Operator

77

75

81

84

70

Female

73

70

72

77

54

Male

82

82

92

94

90

Non-exempt

84

81

91

90

92

Female

81

80

89

87

89

Male

85

82

92

92

93

Exempt

94

93

97

95

97

Female

92

91

96

95

96

Male

94

94

97

96

97

Total

86

90

89

90

85

Female

79

88

80

82

70

Male

89

91

95

95

97
Employees with a formal individual development plan(1) (%) I 404-3 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Non-exempt

38

31

39

47

50

Female

40

35

44

51

55

Male

37

29

36

45

48

Exempt

53

50

57

64

66

Female

55

52

60

66

68

Male

52

49

56

63

66

(1)

Operators are managed through a different process.
ST population recognized through the technical ladder(1) (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Asia Pacific

3.0

3.3

3.7

3.5

3.5

Europe & Mediterranean

6.4

6.8

6.7

6.7

6.9

Worldwide

5.2

5.8

5.8

5.7

5.8

(1)

The specified path starts from job grade 14.
Internal mobility for exempt positions (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Jobs filled internally

33

33

25

20

27
Average number of training hours per year(1) I 404-1 I SDG 4.3

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Operator

66

66

60

65

64

Female

60

56

56

62

55

Male

73

75

64

68

72

Non-exempt

34

38

40

46

35

Female

30

29

30

40

27

Male

36

40

42

47

37

Exempt

27

28

30

33

29

Female

29

31

32

37

31

Male

26

27

29

32

28

Total

46

48

47

50

44

Female

50

48

48

53

44

Male

44

48

46

47

44

Total number of employees trained

42,989(2)

(1)

Based on the total headcount including turnover. Includes training on equipment and outside training.

(2)

Based on the total headcount on December 31, 2020, excluding turnover.
Employees enrolled in ST supported external education programs (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Operator

1.1

0.8

0.6

1.1

1.0

Non-exempt

1.2

2.2

1.9

2.1

2.0

Exempt

1.6

1.8

1.9

3.6

2.2
Formal recognition and suggestion scheme

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Number of people recognized(1)

17,952

17,110

18,879

20,837

23,892

Accepted suggestions which were implemented (%)

58%

54%

52%

30%

40%

(1)

Can include more than one recognition per employee over the year.
Unplanned absenteeism (%)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Unplanned absenteeism

3.14

2.59

2.92

2.77

3.32

% by region

Americas

0.11

0.17

0.24

0.03

0.01

Asia Pacific

3.04

1.99

2.82

2.83

2.62

Europe

3.16

2.90

2.84

2.89

3.68

Mediterranean

3.91

3.91

3.99

2.45

5.03

% by gender

Female

2.75

3.40

3.54

3.19

3.87

Male

3.87

2.14

2.57

2.54

3.02
Collective bargaining I 102-41 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Number of collective agreements signed in the year

52

49

55

30

62

People covered by collective bargaining agreements (%)

75%

74%

74%

78%

78%

People covered by representatives (%)

71%

71%

71%

71%

71%
Fair wages (%) SDG 10.2

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Employees paid above 105% of the legal or conventional minimum wage

90.8

89.2

90.8

93.2

90.1
Working time and overtime hours

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Employees with regular worktime less than 48 hours per week (%)

86%

84%

85%

85%

85%

Average weekly overtime (hours per employee)

3.7

5.0

5.2

4.3

5.4
Average weekly working time, including overtime, in selected countries(1) (hours)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

China

ST standard working time

40

40

40

40

40

Overtime

6.3

8.2

9.0

8.9

10.2

France

ST standard working time(2)

38.5

38.5

38.5

38.5

38.5

Overtime

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

Italy

ST standard working time

40

40

40

40

40

Overtime

0.3

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.2

Malaysia

ST standard working time

48

48

48

48

48

Overtime

11.4

12.0

12.2

12.2

11.7

Malta

ST standard working time

40

40

40

40

40

Overtime

6.5

8.2

8.1

6.9

7.3

Morocco

ST standard working time

44

44

44

44

44

Overtime

0.2

0.4

0.6

1.7

0.4

Singapore

ST standard working time

44

44

44

44

44

Overtime

1.9

7.2

8.3

4.7

6.9

The Philippines

ST standard working time

48

48

48

48

48

Overtime

5.1

7.9

7.0

0.9

11.5

(1)

For non-exempts and operators.

(2)

French standard legal working time is 35 hours, but ST has a collective agreement for 38.5 hours.
ST sites subject to regular human rights SAQ & audits (RBA) I 412-1 I SDG 8.8

Country

Major site(1)

% Workforce

Self-assessment

Audit

High risk

China

Shenzhen

9.6%

Malaysia

Muar

8.8%

Singapore

Ang Mo Kio

9.5%

The Philippines

Calamba

6.6%

Medium risk

Malta

Kirkop

3.6%

Morocco

Bouskoura

5.5%

Low risk

France

Crolles

9.1%

Grenoble(2)

4.1%

Rousset

5.7%

Tours

2.7%

India

Greater Noida(2)

1.8%

Italy

Agrate

10.0%

Castelletto(2)

2.3%

Catania

9.7%

Marcianise

0.5%

Percentage coverage of total workforce

89%

89%

81%

Number of sites subject to regular human rights SAQ and audits

15

11

(1)

Sites with >700 employees and all manufacturing sites.

(2)

Design centers. Other sites are manufacturing.
RBA audit results for ST operations SDG 8.7

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Number of audits

4

4

7

8

9

Labor, Ethics and Management Systems

Priority non-conformances

Child labor avoidance (young workers)

1(1)

0

0

0

0

Major non-conformances

Working hours

2

1

4

1

3

Wages and benefits

1

2

1

0

0

Freely chosen employment

0

1

1

2

0

Non-discrimination

0

0

0

1

0

Supplier responsibility

1

0

1

1

2

Training

0

0

1

0

0

Audits and assessments

0

0

1

1

0

Total of major/priority non-conformances

5

4

9

6

5

Average major/priority NC/audit

1.3

1.0

1.3

0.8

0.6

Environment, Health and Safety

Major non-conformances

Hazardous substances

0

2

2

0

0

Industrial hygiene

0

0

0

1

0

Occupational injury and illness

0

0

3

1

0

Emergency preparedness

0

1

3

2

2

Storm water management

1

1

0

0

0

Occupational safety

0

0

3

1

2

Energy consumption and GHG emissions

0

0

1

1

0

Machine safeguarding

0

0

0

0

1

Food, sanitation and housing

0

0

0

0

1

Total of major non-conformances

1

4

12

6

6

Average major NC/audit

0.3

1.0

1.7

0.8

0.7

(1)

17-year-old workers working overtime in Shenzhen site (China).
Employees with healthcare coverage provided by ST(1) (%) SDG 3.8

2018

2019

2020

Work-related health issues

78

79

88

Personal health issues

89

89

98

Direct family members health issues

72

68

83

(1)

In addition to national healthcare schemes.

Recordable case rate benchmarks(1) I 403-2 I

Recordable cases rate benchmarks (bar chart)
(1) Including injuries only. 2020 benchmark data not available at time of publishing. (2) Bureau of Labor Statistics (United States Department of Labor).
Recordable case rate(1) by gender and by region I 403-9 I SDG 8.8

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Gender

Female

0.23

0.23

0.18

0.21

0.15

Male

0.14

0.10

0.16

0.13

0.13

Region

Americas

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.14

0.16

0.11

0.11

0.12

Europe & Mediterranean

0.18

0.14

0.23

0.21

0.16

(1)

Work-related injuries per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.
Recordable case rate(1) – on-site industrial/domestic(2) I 403-9 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Recordable case industrial rate

0.11

0.07

0.13

0.09

0.07

Recordable case domestic rate

0.06

0.08

0.04

0.07

0.07

(1)

Work-related injuries per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

(2)

Industrial recordable cases are directly linked with industrial activity. Domestic recordable cases are on-site cases such as fall or slip on stairs or struck by or against door/chair/building and structures etc.
Recordable cases by type of event, accident or exposure (%) I 403-9 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Fall or slip

37

48

30

45

47

Struck by or against

38

27

35

32

24

Overexertion

4

4

3

1

3

Caught in, under or between

5

8

10

7

8

Contact with chemicals

8

2

4

1

8

Bodily reaction from slip or motion

4

2

9

6

6

Others

4

9

9

8

4
Severity rate(1) by gender and by region

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Gender

Female

4.2

2.4

2.1

3.3

2.8

Male

2.1

1.9

1.6

2.0

3.2

Region

Americas

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Asia Pacific

0.9

0.9

0.4

0.7

1.3

Europe & Mediterranean

4.1

3.1

3.1

4.1

4.7

(1)

Number of days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.
Occupational diseases rate(1) by gender and by region I 403-10 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Occupational diseases rate

0.05

0.01

0.02

0.01

0.01

Gender

Female

0.10

0.03

0.06

0.03

0.07

Male

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.07

Region

Americas

0.12

0.13

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Europe & Mediterranean

0.09

0.03

0.04

0.02

0.01

(1)

Work-related illnesses per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.
Occupational diseases severity rate(1) by gender and by region

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Occupational diseases severity rate

2.94

1.05

1.92

0.93

0.72

Gender

Female

4.42

2.70

5.50

2.70

0.13

Male

2.13

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.00

Region

Americas

0.84

0.65

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Europe & Mediterranean

5.70

2.00

3.70

1.78

1.35

(1)

Number of days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.
Lost Workday incidence rate – subcontractors I 403-9 I

2016

2017(1)

2018

2019

2020

Lost workdays per 100 subcontractor employees

6.6

5.1

5.2

4.1

5.3

(1)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.
Lost Workday incidence rate(1) – subcontractors by region I 403-9 I

2016

2017(2)

2018

2019

2020

Americas

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.90

5.98

1.62

0.00

1.06

Europe & Mediterranean

9.60

4.50

7.55

6.85

8.17

(1)

Number of days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

(2)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.
Lost Workday – subcontractors by gender (%) I 403-9 I

2016

2017(1)

2018

2019

2020

Female

29

13

26

26

18

Male

71

87

74

74

82

(1)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.
Lost Workday Case(1) incidence rate – subcontractors by region I 403-9 I

2016

2017(2)

2018

2019

2020

Americas

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asia Pacific

0.26

0.17

0.14

0.00

0.04

Europe & Mediterranean

0.40

0.30

0.40

0.44

0.39

(1)

Number of cases with days lost per 100 employees per year as defined by OSHA-US regulation.

(2)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.
Lost Workday Cases – subcontractors by gender (%) I 403-9 I

2016

2017(1)

2018

2019

2020

Female

25

24

14

30

18

Male

75

76

86

70

82

(1)

Up until end 2016, we covered only independent subcontractors working on-site for more than 3 months. From 2017 onwards, we cover all independent subcontractors.
Injuries costs and savings (US$m)

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Injuries costs

1.9

1.4

1.4

1.9

2.4

Results without action

8.4

8.9

9.8

10.1

10.5

Savings(1)

6.5

7.4

8.4

8.2

8.1

(1)

Around US$108m savings in 18 years.

Fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions in 2020

Marcianise (Italy) fined 1,965€ (~US$2,400) following an inspection from the Italian safety competent body (ASL) related to an injury that occurred in September 2020.

Loyang (Singapore) fined SGD$1,000 (~US$760) for missing COVID-19 social distance demarcation in cloakrooms.

Number of fatalities I 403-9 I 403-10 I

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Employees

0

1(1)

0

0

0

Subcontractors

0

1(2)

0

0

0

Total

0

2

0

0

0

(1)

One ST employee died from medical complications after coming into contact with a chemical (tetramethylammonium hydroxide) in Ang Mo Kio site (Singapore). In 2018, the Singapore Ministry of Manpower Investigation concluded that the accident was work-related.

(2)

One subcontractor victim of a fatal accident in an electrical area at our Bouskoura site (Morocco).