Dangote Cement Plc Annual Report 2021
Social continued
A work environment where employees thrive
At DCP, we are committed to creating the right conditions to
empower our employees to do their jobs with efficiency and
dedication. We are well invested in the general welfare of our
employees as we offer them competitive benefits and packages
that contribute to their motivation and continuous productivity.
Some of the benefits that we offer our employees include:
.
.
•
•
Group Life Insurance;
•
Employee Spouse Group Life Insurance;
Workmen's Comprehensive Insurance;
Comprehensive Health Care;
Paid Annual Leave;
Parental Leave (Maternity and Paternity Leave);
Examination Leave; and
Children Education Support Allowance.
Also, we have formulated and enforced policies and guidelines
that ensure that all employees are aligned with our expectations,
understand our cultures and values, and develop harmonious
relationships with their colleagues. This helps to build trust and
mutual understanding across the board. Our human resources
handbook contains clauses on various aspects of labour relations
such as diversity and inclusion, harassment, compensation and
benefits, manpower planning and recruitment, education and
training, leave, travel, among others.
We also adhere to other local and global sustainability principles
and standards such as the NSE Sustainability Disclosure Guidelines
and our membership of the UNGC mandates that we adhere to its
principles on labour and human rights.
Upholding ethical labour practices
Dangote Cement upholds the fundamental human rights
principles in all the ways that we interact with people as employees,
consumers, customers, suppliers, contractors, and community
members wherever we conduct business. To ensure that we
are living up to our commitments, we will conduct appropriate
training on this policy and due diligence to identify and remedy
any adverse impact that any of our operations may have.
At DCP, we consider diversity and inclusion a crucial component
to build innovation, growth, and a long-term sustainable
business. As such, we leverage our diversity to deliver on our
vision of building a sustainable organisation by actively engaging
the different experiences and unique set of competencies of
our people. Presently, our Company is diverse across multiple
dimensions, including ethnicity, nationality, race, culture, religion,
gender, socio-economic background, physical abilities, learning
styles, values and viewpoints.
In terms of diversity in age, in 2021, our staff from 18-30 years of
age consisted of 10.5% of our total workforce, 72.5% represented
employees between the age of 30 and 50 while 16.8% represented
50 years and above. Also, we had a total of 10 physically challenged
staff in our operations in Nigeria who enjoy the equal opportunity
with other staff and who are accorded the needed support to
succeed and thrive in our organisation.
A leadership of diversity
Our Board consists of professionals of different ages, gender,
nationality, races and religion - a leadership of diversity. Our
Board's major role is to promote the long-term success of the
business for the benefit of stakeholders through sustainable
development practices. The Board derives its strength partly from
its diverse components, the different experiences and cultural
orientation. Our Board currently consists of 15 Directors, 11 males
and 4 females representing 73.3% and 26.7% respectively.
At the senior management level, we have a total number of 250
men and 24 women representing 91% and 9% respectively. Also,
at the Executive Management level, we have a total of 66 men
and 9 women representing 88% and 12% respectively. We remain
committed to driving initiatives and creating opportunities that
engender more women in strategic positions of the business.
Associating without discriminating
Ours is an environment with zero tolerance for discrimination.
Rather, we apply the principle of equal opportunity, valuing
diversity regardless of age, gender, disability, creed, ethnicity or
origin. At all times, we ensure that merit is the ultimate basis for key
human resources decisions. We have a non-discrimination policy
that guides our employees in this regard. In the year under review,
we had zero cases of discrimination in our operations.
Freedom has many meanings but to us at Dangote, freedom
means that in our operations, our staff enjoy the freedom of
association and collective bargaining wherever the local labour
law permits. We respect the rights of our employees to form and
join trade unions and take part in collective bargaining because
inclusivity promotes productivity. The business recognises that
this freedom helps to regulate social and labour relations, build
social capital in the Company and promote mutually beneficial
employee-employer relationships.
48 Dangote Cement Plc Annual Report 2021
The Dangote Ethiopia Ladies Club was inaugurated at
Skylight Hotel, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
The club's vision is to build self-sufficiency among female
staff and provide a support system where women can make
a difference in their careers and the community.View entire presentation