CSR Report 2018

CSR 2018 – BOSKALIS 43

SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYABILITY Supporting the continued employability of our employees is an important issue for our business and our employees. We do so by helping to enhance staff skills for the future and by looking at ways to keep people healthy, safe and motivated through to their retirement. We aim to create an environment in which people stay committed and connected. We encourage employees to shape their own career and, if necessary, retrain for a position that is fitting in their stage of life. For instance, through our training and development programs. We try to accommodate the various life stages as much as possible. Employees can request to be trained for a different or, if called for, less physically demanding job. The raising of the pensionable age increases the challenge for sustainable employment. This is especially true for employees with physically demanding jobs. The introduction in January 2018 of

a new 3:2 (six weeks on/four weeks off) rota on international projects was done in anticipation of such changes and in order to improve work-life balance.

HEALTH SCAN At Boskalis Nederland, a health scan that was launched in 2017 as part of SamenFIT (FIT Together program), was made available for all employees in 2018. The health scan includes a questionnaire and a health check to measure health, wellbeing, lifestyle and sustainable employability. Lifestyle coaching is offered where required. The health scan gives us insights into overall employee health and how we can boost sustainable employability. It also raises employees’ awareness regarding their own health and wellbeing. Over 60% of the workforce participated in the scan. It is the intention to make this a recurring periodic health scan.