CSR 2024 UK v3 020524 web - Flipbook - Side 34
Working environment
Social
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EMPLOYEES & SOCIETY
The transport and logistics industry often involves
hard physical work. Consequently, there is a significant risk of occupational injuries and accidents.
Still, going to work at Frode Laursen must
be safe, and we do our utmost to prevent workrelated accidents.
All employees have the right and access to the
necessary personal protective equipment (PPE),
and we conduct incident analyses and provide the
required safety training.
Liaison committee meetings are held regularly
to discuss work-related accidents and preventative
measures.
Frode Laursen collects comparable data from
the countries in which we operate. The results are
reported four times a year to the group’s Board of
Directors, ensuring that we continually focus on
implementing safety improvements.
In 2023, we ran concentrated safety campaigns
in Denmark and at our logistics centre in Åstorp.
Despite this initiative, we unfortunately saw a slight
increase in work-related accidents, from 53 to 56.
On the other hand, the accidents are not as severe,
as absence in connection with accidents has
decreased by 44%. However, the number of work-
related accidents is still too high and far from satisfactory. Therefore, in 2024, we will roll out our safety
campaign to more of Frode Laursen’s locations and
maintain our focus on improving safety, especially at
our logistics centres and for our drivers.
In 2023, we focused in particular on reducing sickness absence among our hourly and salaried
employees. By holding courses in work safety and
ergonomics, making employees more aware of
our health schemes, and implementing targeted
measures in departments with high rates of sickness
absence, we have succeeded in reducing sickness
absence in both employee groups. Thus, sickness
absence among hourly employees decreased from
5% to 3.9%, while sickness absence for salaried
employees decreased from 3.1% to 2.6%.
In 2024, we will focus on reducing sickness
absence further.
At the end of 2023, we launched a workplace
assessment (WPA) and a job satisfaction survey for
our Danish salaried employees. 72% of employees
completed the WPA, and 77% completed the job
satisfaction survey. In general, the scores in the job
satisfaction survey were positive, with “satisfaction
with your immediate manager” producing a parti-
