Employee benefits
[GRI 401-2] [GRI 403-6]
Benefits offered to Budimex employees include::
Budimex employees are able to benefit from co-financing for participation in sports events in which they represent the company, e.g. ‘Poland Business Run’ and ‘Santa Claus Run’. The company supports and promotes the passions of team members, including through a series of talks and articles – ‘One company, many passions’ published on the Intranet. The employees share their interests and inspire and motivate each other to pursue an active lifestyle.
Budimex Group employees also have the opportunity to participate in individual English, German and Czech courses subsidised by the company. This is an offer aimed at people who actively use their knowledge of these languages in their daily work. Employees also have access to the eTutor English learning platform, which offers English lessons at levels from A1 to C2. The platform uses unique solutions and functionalities such as: multimedia exercises, innovative system of revisions, artificial intelligence for checking pronunciation, an algorithm for verifying the correctness of written tasks, language games and an integrated DIKI dictionary. What is more, each participant using the platform may invite one relative to learn free of charge.
If blue-collar employees work away from their place of residence due to the requirements of a given contract, they can count on free accommodation. All employees, regardless of whether they are seconded or they work in their place of residence, receive a free lunch every day.
Budimex SA is the first company in the Ferrovial Group and one of the first companies in Poland that has been implementing the ‘Human Resources Information System’ (HRIS) created by Oracle. In 2020, leading processes from the so-called ‘soft’ HR area, such as periodic evaluation, goal-setting, training and development, were covered by this solution. Subsequently, issues related to recruitment, development, succession planning, as well as support for the area of remuneration and benefits will also be included in the system. In this way, Budimex ensures that employees and their superiors can act independently and make their own choices according to the latest global practices. The HRIS covers nearly 6,000 employees in 5 companies of the Budimex Group. The works on the implementation of the system have been underway since the beginning of 2019. It is the largest project of this type in the construction industry and one of the largest implementations of cloud-based solutions in Poland. The HRIS will support carrying out HR activities by allowing the employees to access the system via computers, tablets or telephones.
In 2022, psychological support for employees was also launched at Budimex Group (two on-call hours per week). Medical care was also reviewed. We added dentistry, additional rehabilitation procedures, and medical procedures performed as part of one-day surgery. Access to medical services for blue-collar employees working outside large cities with Medicover medical facilities and cooperating facilities was also increased, with the introduction of favourable conditions for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred at any facility in the country (freedom of treatment).
An additional cafeteria platform (Medicover) was also opened last year.
The Group of Companies introduced an adjustment to the rules for enrollment in Employee Capital Plans in 2022 (reducing the waiting period for enrollment in Employee Capital Plans to 1 month).
In 2022, a benefits audit was carried out at Budimex together with an employee satisfaction survey. The audit indicated that 68% of employees believe that the fringe benefits offered by the company are tailored to their needs, and 93% are aware of their full catalogue. In order to strengthen awareness among employees, we also conducted a series of 7 webinars on individual benefits between May and September 2022.
Some employees are covered by Ferrovial’s share scheme.
The Company has also made changes to the rules for financing benefits (medical care and life insurance) to reduce the public and legal burden and encourage the largest possible group of employees to take advantage of additional benefits.
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