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Whether it’s an accident in or outside of the workplace, illness, aging, burn-out, etc., workers can be faced with a disability at any time. As a responsible employer, Arkema is committed to the employability and integration of people with disabilities. The goal is twofold: to welcome all potential talents and to provide the best support for employees affected by disability.

A responsible policy for the employment of workers with disabilities

Today, “any person whose possibilities of obtaining or keeping a job are effectively reduced following the deterioration of one or more physical, sensory, mental, or psychological functions” is considered a worker with a disability.

Since 2008, Arkema has pursued a proactive policy for the integration of people with disabilities.

At the end of 2023, the company signed a 6th agreement, with a 3-year term. This provides for the hiring of 63 employees with disabilities, as well as:
 

  • Continued training of our disability coordinators and referents at Arkema sites, through an increased training offer, with in particular 100% of new coordinators and referents trained and 100% of new managers trained.

  • Pursue partnerships with players in the field of employment and integration, such as AKTISEA, a recruitment agency where at least 50% of employees are disabled, in order to achieve or maintain a 6% employment rate for disabled employees at both company and site level.

  • A more important component for employees who are caregivers: five days of authorized paid absence when a child becomes disabled, and two days of authorized paid absence to support a disabled family member in his or her work.

  • Increase measures to improve the day-to-day lives of disabled employees (technical and material adaptations, transport assistance, adaptation of working conditions, specific training, etc.).

  • Increase purchases from the disabled sector: target of 1.5 million in sales by the end of the agreement.

During the term of the 5th agreement (for the 2021-2022 period):
  • 47 new recruits were effected (all types of contracts).
  • Sales of 730,000 euros to the protected workers sector
  • The employment rate was 5.64% in 2021 and 6.31% in 2022

In all of its trade divisions, Arkema recruits employees—recent graduates and experienced workers alike—seeking demanding and stimulating jobs. Only talent matters: without consideration of age, gender, origin, or disability, the Group relies on people with operational, forward-looking profiles to build the future."

Thierry Parmentier,
Executive Vice President Human Resources and Corporate Communication

Over and above quantified targets, Arkema is pursuing and strengthening its disability initiatives in five key areas:

  • Implementing an open recruitment and integration policy, based on skills criteria and without prejudice.
  • Maintaining people in work, guaranteeing access to training and career development, by seeking individual solutions without delay in order to prevent the social consequences of disability and of disabled family members.
  • Including disabled people in training programs, to improve their qualification levels and therefore their ability to integrate professionally in the company.
  • Developing partnerships with the protected sector, by expanding subcontracting with specialist service providers who welcome disabled people for certain activities.
  • Raising awareness in in-house stakeholders, to boost every employee’s capacity for openness and solidarity, and their ability to make the efforts that may be needed on a daily basis.
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