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Labour practices
 
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Reporting in line with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Social Performance Indicators: Labour practices and decent work
 
Core indicators   Additional indicators
   
Employment
     
LA1. Breakdown of workforce, where possible, by region/country, status (employee-non-employee), employment type (full/part-time), and by employment contract (indefinite or permanent/fixed term or temporary). Also identify workforce retained in conjunction with other employees (temporary, agency workers or workers in coemployment relationships), segmented by region/country.   LA12. Employee benefits beyond those legally mandated. (eg. contributions to health care, maternity, education and retirement).

   
South Africa: 48,078 employees (including 4,360 contractors)
South America:3,356 employees (including 1,365 contractors)
North America: 741 employees (including 125 contractors)
Australia: 540 employees (including 315 contractors)
Africa: 2,725 employees (including 1,780 contractors)
 
Employee benefits include:
   
South Africa: Share Options, Pension Fund and Medical Cover
South America: Life Insurance, Health Plan and Pension Fund
North America: Life Insurance, Disability Insurance and 401(k) Savings Plan
Australia: Accommodation and meals to all site workers
Africa: Bonus Scheme
See discussion on page L3 and L6.   A list of the full range of benefits is available on request.
     
LA2. Net employment creation and average turnover segmented by region/country.    
See page L4 (for net separation numbers)    
   
Labour/management relations
     
LA3. Percentage of employees represented by independent trade union organisations and other bona fide employee representatives broken down geographically or percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements broken down by region/country.   LA13. Provision of formal worker representation in decision-making, including corporate governance.


See graph on page L4
 
   
South Africa: NUM Steering Committee Meeting, Central Skills Development Committee; various mine-level structures involving organised labour and full-time union officials
South America: N/A
North America: N/A
Australia: N/A
Africa: Discrimination Committee and Union/Management meetings
     
     
LA4. Policy and procedures involving information, consultation and negotiation with employees over changes in the reporting organisation?s operations (eg restructuring).    
   
South Africa: Chamber of Mines 1997 Wage Agreement and Job Grading Agreements
South America: N/A
North America: N/A
Australia: Workplace Relations Policy, Equal Opportunity Policy and Fair Employment Guideline
Africa: Malian Labour Code, Malian Collective Agreement, Tanzanian Employment Act and Recognition agreement at Navachab Mine

Further information available on request.
   
   
Training and education
     
LA9 Average hours of training per year per employee by category of employee.   LA16 Description of programmes to support the continued employment of employees and to manage career endings.
South Africa: 5.2% of payroll
  See discussion on page L9.
     
Aggregate numbers for other regions not available    
    LA17 Specific policies and programmes for skills management or for lifelong learning.
    AngloGold has implemented a performance management system. Each of the regions has regional study assistance policies.
   
Diversity and opportunity
     
LA10. Description of equal opportunity policy or programmes as well as monitoring systems to ensure compliance and results of monitoring.    
At a company level this is driven by the Employment Equity Philosophy (see discussion on page L7)    
   
South Africa: (compliance: Quarterly Central Skills Development Committee as well as Monthly Skills Development Committee Meetings)
South America: N/A
North America: Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (compliance: no formal monitoring required, but progress is reviewed internally)
Australia: Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and Fair Employment Guideline (compliance: Annual compliance report submitted to the government)
Africa: Cultural diversity programme, Discrimination committee and Harassment Policy (Compliance monitored by: Discrimination committee, Communication structures, Union and Management meetings as well as the grievance procedures)
   
     
LA11. Composition of senior management and corporate governance bodies (including the board of directors), including female/male ratio and other indicators of diversity as culturally appropriate.    
Board composition: 84% non-HDSA male
8% female
8% HDSA male
   
See discussion on page L3-L4 and L6.    
     
Social Performance Indicators: Human Rights
   
Strategy and management
     
HR1. Description of policies, guidelines, corporate structure, and procedures to deal with all aspects of human rights relevant to operations, including monitoring mechanisms and results. State how policies relate to existing international standards such as the Universal Declaration and the Fundamental Human Rights Conventions of the ILO.   HR8. Employee training on policies and practices concerning all aspects of human rights relevant to operations.
Include type of training, number of employees trained, and average training duration.
Refer to Business Principles   Refer to Business Principles and discussion on pages L7-L9
     
HR2. Evidence of consideration of human rights impacts as part of investment and procurement decisions, including selection of suppliers/contractors.    
SA Region Guidelines on Contractors ? Guidelines to ensure minimum standards for contractor employees available on request.    
   
Non-discrimination
     
HR4. Description of global policy and procedures/programmes preventing all forms of discrimination in operations, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.  

See discussion on page L6 as well as Business Principles    
     
     
Social Performance Indicators: Labour practices and decent work
Freedom of association and collective bargaining
     
HR5. Description of freedom of association policy and extent to which this policy is universally applied independent of local laws, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue    
   
South Africa: Code of Good Practice, Human and IR Fund Agreement, 1993 Chamber of Mines 3-8 Wage Agreement, Recognition Agreements for purposes of collective bargaining
South America: N/A
North America: N/A
Australia: Workplace Relations Policy
Africa: Interne Regulemente (internal regulations in place at the mines in Mali), Code of Conduct (Geita mine), Access Agreement (Geita mine) and Recognition Agreement (Navachab mine with MUN)
   
AngloGold is also party to a bilateral international agreement with the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers? Unions (the ICEM) (PDF - 86KB) on the promotion and implementation of good human and industrial relations in AngloGold operations worldwide.    
   
Child labour
     
HR6. Description of policy excluding child labour as defined by the ILO Convention 138 and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied, as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring.
   
South Africa: Governed by Law
South America: Governed by Law
North America: Governed by Law and mandated by Federal Government
Australia: Governed by Law
Africa: Malian Labour Code, Malian Collective Agreement, Tanzanian Employment Act, Namibian Labour Relations Act and Recruitment Policies
Refer to Business Principles
   
   
Forced and compulsory labour
     
HR7. Description of policy to prevent forced and compulsory labour and extent to which this policy is visibly stated and applied as well as description of procedures/programmes to address this issue, including monitoring systems and results of monitoring. See ILO Convention No. 29, Article2.    
   
South Africa: Governed by Law
South America; Governed by Law
North America: Governed by Law and mandated by Federal Government
Australia: Governed by Law
Africa: Malian Labour Code, Malian Collective Agreement, Tanzanian Employment Act, Namibian Labour Relations Act and Recruitment Policies
Refer to Business Principles
   
   
Disciplinary practices
     

 

  HR9. Description of appeal practices, including, not limited to, human rights issues. Describe the representation and appeals process.
    Processes and practice in place. Details available on request.
   
South Africa: South Africa:
Disciplinary processes in place locally, including appeal procedures. Grievance procedures in development

Individual Dismissal Dispute Adjudication Procedure (IDDAP) agreements in place regulating individual misconduct cases

Sexual harassment policies in place describing procedures and safeguarding interests of complainants
     
    HR10. Description of non-retaliation policy and effective, confidential employee grievance system (including, but not limited to, its impact on human rights).
    Policy in place. Details available on request.
     
 
 
Business principle:
  AngloGold as an employer
Key indicators
Milestones - 2003
Labour practices policy
Review of 2003
  A world-class employer
  Governance and structure
  Human rights and fair employment practices
  Developing mission, values and business principles
  Managing diversity
  Women in mining
  Training and development
  Funding bursaries
  Training for separation
  Fair remuneration
  Employee participation
  Providing health care to employees
  Constructive relations
Reporting in line
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