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BRUNEAU - GROUPE 3SI integrates disabled persons in their company

2. Human Rights

Diversity, equal opportunity, and fighting discrimination

Sector Business / Distribution

Year 2010

Country France

Transmitter

Context

Thanks to a policy of integrating vulnerable individuals, BRUNEAU, a subsidiary of GROUPE 3SI, continues its active social policy approach. After more than 30 years of action in favor of its disabled employees, Bruneau has obtained encouraging results.

Objectives

Better integrate disabled employees
Keep employees who are being reclassified

APPROACH

This type of commitment is a real challenge for companies because they must approach the issue willingly along with concrete and sustainable actions. BRUNEAU has adapted their daily management in a customized way for disabled employees, particularly the adaptation of the workplace to their disability or the establishment of appropriate training in the process of reclassification. The system works as follows:

Skills assessment
Training for new careers
Preparation for integration into the team
Individual follow up during the integration
Adaptation of the workplace and schedules if necessary

CONTRIBUTION TO COMPANY PERFORMANCE

Increased solidarity within teams : The integration of a disabled person changes the functioning of teams and individuals who put their own perspective their own problems and are more attentive towards others.
Bruneau chooses not to take the easy way out by paying legally required contributions, and instead found a way to actively participate in the citizen integration policy through management which respects individuals

Benefits

Employment rate of around 7% of the total (53.43 “beneficiary units” in the manner of legal calculations) workforce, which represents 39 disabled employees (victims of physical, mental, or psychological disabilities).
Most are former employees who, due to illness, accident, or some type of frailty have benefited from a reclassification process.
Disability rates since 2007: +8%