Social performance data

Employment

Full-time employees by region	2010	2009	2008
Europe	58,800	60,600	62,100
The Americas	17,700	17,100	20,000
Asia	30,900	29,900	29,100
Middle East and Africa	9,100	8,500	8,200
Total	116,500	116,100	119,400

The following numbers of part-time employees are included in the total figures LA1.

For 2010, these figures are also shown as percentages of the total workforce in the countries covered by our social reporting system (95 percent of employees).

Part-time employees by region		2010	2009	2008
Europe	3,133	5%	2,984	3,392
The Americas	143	1%	92	73
Asia	183	1%	268	138
Middle East and Africa	4	<1%	112	124
Total	3,463	3%	3,456	3,827

Rate of turnover of all employees, including part-time:

For 2010, the figures show the turnover number, as well as the percentage of the total workforce in the countries covered by our social reporting system (95 percent of employees).

Turnover by region (all employees)		2010	2009	2008
Europe	6,351	11%	10%	10%
The Americas	2,567	16%	23%	19%
Asia	4,346	14%	11%	11%
Middle East and Africa	463	8%	5%	11%
Total	13,727	12%	12%	11%

Turnover of all female employees, including part-time:
For 2010, these figures are also shown as a percentage of the total workforce in the countries covered by our social reporting system (95 percent of employees).

Turnover by region (female employees)		2010	2009	2008
Europe	1,407	2%	1,439	1,307
The Americas	631	4%	635	450
Asia	1,060	4%	520	532
Middle East and Africa	51	<1%	19	128
Total	3,149	3%	2,613	2,417

As a multinational organization with operations in around 100 countries, ABB has difficulty in providing meaningful information for this indicator. ABB provides competitive salaries and benefits to employees, taking legal requirements into account and benchmarking against other companies. In view of the different legal requirements from country to country, and the adverse cost-benefit ratio in producing this information, ABB has decided not to report against this GRI indicator.

Labor/management relations
Approximately 64 percent of the company’s employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements in various countries. Collective bargaining agreements are subject to various regulatory requirements and are re-negotiated on a regular basis in the normal course of business.

ABB is not in a position to provide Group-wide aggregated information, as the figures vary from country to country depending on local regulations. For the 27 countries of the European Union, ABB is represented on the EU’s European Works Council where such matters are discussed.

ABB has decided to report on the top 10 countries by employee numbers in this section, representing about 65 percent of Group employees. All countries reported figures for 2010 and the full list appears on the ABB Web site.

For the first time we have defined women in top management positions as women in Hay Grades 1–10, whereas previously top management was defined as country management plus the two levels below them. We can now compare figures from country to country on the same basis.

Women were appointed to a number of senior management positions in different parts of the world in 2010. These include the regional legal counsel for the India, Middle East and Africa (IMA) region, the heads of Communications in South America and IMA, the global and local group product managers for Power Products division, two senior finance positions in Northern Europe, and key Human Resources posts in China, Canada and Norway.

ABB has a Group-wide policy to review at least annually the performance of every employee, providing opportunities to discuss work achievements, set future objectives and provide feedback and coaching.

In 2010, ABB developed further its new online tool, covering 75,000 employees in 75 countries. The new system is part of Human Resources Group Tools that run on a common SAP platform and provides a new way of identifying talent within the organization, as well as managing performance and development. The roll-out of the new system was completed in January 2011.

As at December 31, 2010, ABB’s Board of Directors had eight members, all men, of six nationalities, whereas the Group Executive Committee had 10 members, including one woman, of seven nationalities.

Diversity and equal opportunity

In ABB, salaries are decided according to the nature of duties performed.

Other performance indicators
Economic Performance Indicators



As a multinational organization with operations at approximately 360 sites and offices in more than 100 countries, ABB has difficulty in selecting appropriate countries and providing meaningful information for these indicators. In view of the adverse cost-benefit ratio in producing this information, ABB has decided not to report against these GRI economic performance indicators for the time being.

	*Average training hours per employee			**Percentage of women in management
	2010	2009	2008	2010	2009	2008
China	40	24	20	25%	-	-
Germany	16	15	16	4%	-	-
Sweden	10	10	17	22%	-	-
India	4	3	28	2%	-	-
United States	25	25	25	15%	-	-
Switzerland	20	20	17	7%	-	-
Finland	13	24	24	17%	-	-
Italy	17	10	10	7%	-	-
Brazil	26	28	31	7%	-	-
Czech Republic	10	13	22	19%	-	-