EMPLOYMENT STRUCTURE

GRI 102-7, 102-8, 405-1 

 
As at December 31st 2019, PGNiG employed 4,812 staff, 32 (or 1%) more than in the previous year. The increase was mainly driven by the need to adjust the staffing levels to current business requirements. 
Employment at the PGNiG Group by segment

 
2019
2018
Change

 
PGNiG Group
PGNiG Group
Number of persons
Percentage
Exploration and Production
6,747
6,958
-211
-3.0%
Trade and Storage
3,061
3,051
10
0.3%
Distribution
11,482
11,542
-60
-0.5%
Generation
1,833
1,813
20
1.1%
Other Activities
1,663
1,510
153
10.1%
TOTAL
24,786
24,874
-88
-0.4%

 

As at December 31st 2019, the PGNiG Group employed 24,786 staff, 88 fewer than the year before. Workforce at the PGNiG Group (by segment) was as follows:

Exploration and Production

In the Exploration and Production segment, workforce was down by 211 (or 3%), chiefly on the back of:

  • 89 workforce reduction at Geofizyka Toruń (10% of its total workforce) following completion of certain operations, including field work, which required contingent staffing, a standard practice at the company due to the nature of its business;
  • 99 workforce reduction at Exalo Drilling (5% of its total workforce), primarily as a result of lower labour demand on foreign markets; 
  • as part of centralising HR and payroll services at PGNiG, 37 members of HR and payroll field personnel from the production branches were transferred to the Company's Head Office in Warsaw.
Trade and Storage
The employment number for the Trade and Storage segment went up by 10 staff (or 0.3%) year on year. The key changes included workforce increase at GSP, by 8 employees (or 6%), driven, among other things, by the launch of a new organisational unit responsible for the mobile service of the salt cavern gas storage facilities in Mogilno and Kosakowo. 
Distribution
Workforce at the Distribution segment decreased by 60 employees (or 0.5%), mainly as a result of old-age retirement and postponement of recruitment processes to fill the related vacancies for subsequent periods. 
Generation
In the Generation segment, the workforce increased by 20 (or 1.1%), which is attributable to PGNiG Termika’s policy geared towards securing the adequate number of employees and competencies given the expected old age retirements. The Company launches recruitment processes well in advance, which triggers temporary increases in employment numbers, but also provides new hires with sufficient time to adapt to their new jobs. 
Other Activities

The number of employees in the Other Activities segment rose by 153 (or 10%) due to a number of changes in individual companies of the segment. The key events are presented below:

  • 50 new hires at PGNiG Serwis (18% of its total workforce) to keep up with the development of its services, in particular property protection services;
  • Transfer of 37 members of HR and payroll field personnel from the production branches to PGNiG’s Head Office as part of centralising HR and payroll services at the Company;
  • The employment number for Gazoprojekt increased by 21 (or 14%) in keeping with the pace of the company’s business growth;
  • Continued expansion of Polski Gaz TUW’s operations brought about an increase in its staffing levels by 14 employees (or 42%).         

 

Number of employees under employment contracts, by gender and employment type (as at December 31st 2019)
Organisational unit
PGNiG
PGNiG Group
Contract type:
open-ended
fixed-term
open-ended
fixed-term
Women
95%
5%
87%
13%
Men
96%
4%
90%
10%
Total
96%
4%
89%
11%

 

Number of employees under employment contracts, by region and employment type (as at December 31st 2019)
Organisational unit
PGNiG
PGNiG Group
Contract type:
open-ended
fixed-term
open-ended
fixed-term
Poland
96%
4%
90%
10%
Europe
100%
0%
83%
17%
Other
83%
17%
38%
62%

 

Number of employees by employment type and gender (as at December 31st 2019)
Organisational unit
PGNiG
PGNiG Group
 
Women
Men
Total
Women
Men
Total
Employment contract
97.1%
98.0%
97.8%
95.4%
95.2%
95.3%
Piece-work contract
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Mandate contract
2.7%
1.8%
2.0%
4.4%
4.0%
4.1%
Agency agreement
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.3%
Managerial contract
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%

 

Number of persons who work for the organisation, but who are not employed under employment contracts (as at December 31st 2019)

At PGNIG, the number of such employees is negligible (five). Such persons are only hired when the Company is in need of high-class experts. Very few PGNiG Group companies, and only rarely, enter into this form of cooperation. They either employ a few or no such experts at all. This form of work is used on a larger scale by the following three companies:

  • Geofizyka Toruń – in 2019, 127 employees who were not its employees performed work for that company, accounting for about 16% of its total workforce. Such persons usually perform simple tasks at field units (seasonal jobs).
  • Geovita – in 2019, the company hired 199 such persons due to employment seasonality (holiday seasons or winter holidays).
  • Exalo Drilling – due to its operations in the Republic of Chad, the company uses services of third party providers. In 2019, the number of staff hired through those providers was 2,276, working mainly under drilling mud contracts and contracts for the provision of management services. This form of employment is used given the nature of the work and local labour law in the Republic of Chad.

Workforce structure at the PGNiG Group as at the end of 2019, by gender 

 

Management Boards of PGNiG Group companies by gender and age (%) as at the end of 2019 (GRI 405-1) 
Organisational unit
Women
Men
31-50 years
over 50 years of age
31-50 years
over 50 years of age
PGNiG
17%
0%
67%
17%
PGNiG Group
10%
0%
40%
50%