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Hyprop Investments Limited
Integrated annual report and consolidated financial statements
2017
59
Working days
2017
2016
Total working days
71 106
70 168
Number of days lost to absenteeism
(1)
(sick, family responsibility and maternity leave)
1 468
1 177
Total days lost to absenteeism (%)
2,1
1,7
Days lost to industrial action
0
0
Days lost to industrial action (%)
0
0
(1)
Increased maternity leave in 2017
Employee engagement surveys
Annual surveys ensure that we identify and address issues concerning
employee morale, productivity and turnover. The 2017 survey indicated
that 96,9% of employees currently feel that the company’s benefits,
processes and policies are implemented satisfactorily. The survey
covered our recruitment process, corporate culture, employee policy
implementation, HIV and Aids education, remuneration, company
benefits as well as the work environment and facilities.
Development and training
Our training and development programme is based on the operational
requirements of the business, and takes into account skills shortages in
our industry and transformation imperatives.
Training needs are identified during employee reviews, while the group
skills base is objectively assessed to identify focal areas for training in the
year ahead.
Our training strategy aims to:
■■
Enhance knowledge and our skills base
■■
Enable employees to contribute to our business and growth
■■
Encourage further education to enhance competence in current
positions and increase eligibility for promotion
■■
Support employment equity initiatives.
One of our primary objectives is to promote transformation and establish
a succession plan by developing junior managers for middle management
roles. This has proved effective with seven out of the eight internal
placements appointed from designated groups.
In the review period, a combination of internal and outsourced training
sessions covered key areas:
Training spend
(1)
2017
R
2016
R
Leadership
679 604
436 087
Business operations
430 626
487 133
Graduate programme
180 595
54 351
Green building principles
45 238
59 928
Health and safety
93 050
31 818
HIV/Aids health training and information
99 333
213 941
Total
1 528 446
1 283 258
(1)
Actual training spend for the year was in line with budget
Training by race, profile and gender
2017
2016
Number
of people
trained
Number
of training
sessions
Average
spend per
session
R
Number
of people
trained
Number
of training
sessions
Average
spend per
session
R
Cost of training
Cost of training
R
%
R
%
African
369 994
25
109
216
1 713
218 108
17
94
225
969
Coloured
169 164
11
46
136
1 244
116 277
9
59
116
1 002
Indian
112 224
7
19
39
2 878
84 829
7
112
349
243
White
862 239
56
109
267
3 229
850 464
66
18
55
15 463
Foreign nationals
14 825
1
0
2
7 412
13 580
1
3
8
1 697
Total
1 528 446
100
284
660
2 316
1 283 258
100
286
753
1 704
Male
811 094
53
112
306
2 651
421 974
35
113
310
1 361
Female
717 352
47
172
354
2 026
861 284
65
173
443
1 944
Total
1 528 446
100
284
660
2 316
1 283 258
100
286
753
1 704
Employee relations
The national human resources manager is responsible for employee relations. A disciplinary and grievance policy governs employee relationships and
is available on request, in hard copy at each management office, and on the website.
There were eight disciplinary cases during the year, primarily for misconduct, which resulted in three dismissals. No grievances were reported.
Non-discrimination
We do not tolerate discrimination. Any reported instances of discrimination are immediately and appropriately dealt with under our code of ethics
and conduct, and related disciplinary procedures. Policies are reviewed annually and distributed to employees.
No incidents of discrimination were reported in the period.