Vetoquinol - Universal Registration Document - 2021

2 44 Vetoquinol Universal Registration Document 2020 Financial report STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Vetoquinol’s people Enhancing the skills of Group employees is one of the priorities of the human resources department, and we guarantee that a significant budget is dedicated to employee training. Employees approaching retirement are offered spe- cific training sessions to help them prepare for their retirement. 2.4.7 Non-discrimination and equal opportunities Vetoquinol practices no discrimination in the hiring, remuneration or promotion of its employees. The Group’s subsidiaries, many of which are located far from major cities, may experience severe difficulties attracting talented people, whose spouses could have difficulty finding jobs in the area. Positions in produc- tion and control of pharmaceutical products, which are carried out in a clean and sensitive environment, tend to attract women rather than men. The comparative situation report presented to the Social and Economic Committee each year shows that the procedures applied at the Company do not give rise to inequalities per se. Identifiable inequalities between the status of men and women primarily reflect the sociocul- tural context (certain roles attract fewer job applications from women, etc.) and the Company’s history. In terms of pay, no inherent inequalities between men and women have been identified for an identical role and for comparable years of service, despite the continuing existence of headcount imbalances due to sociocultural factors. In certain business lines, women are under-re- presented in positions carrying greater responsibility. Nevertheless, in 2020, women occupied a third of the most senior positions within the Group and a fourth of the Leadership Committee. Some isolated wage anomalies resulting from individual careers and indiscriminately affecting men and women are due to be corrected as part of the year’s wage policy. For 2020, the Equality at Work Index for Vetoquinol SA, the French entity with 700 employees in all functions, was 88/100, well above the minimum set by French regulations at 75% (a composite index for which French regulations set the precise calculation method). The ratio of women to men remains relatively stable from one year to the next (see ‘Age breakdown’). 2.4.7.1 Employment of disabled persons Vetoquinol ensures that it meets its disabled person employment obligations as far as possible by retaining its disabled employees and prioritizing its subcontrac- ting partnership with various ESAT institutions (French centers for promoting the employment of disabled employees). In 2019, Vetoquinol SA complied with 100% of the disabled employment targets defined by law. In 2020, due to regulatory changes, this figure will not be known until June 2021. Certain degrees of moderate disability may entitle some disabled employees to extra days’ leave.