2022 Universal Registration Document

Chapter 4 : Social, environmental and societal responsibility

Absenteeism rates
  2020 2021 2022 Details
Total absenteeism rate (%) Total absenteeism rate (%)2020

8.2%

Total absenteeism rate (%)2021

5.9%

Total absenteeism rate (%)2022

5.0%

Total absenteeism rate (%)Details

C/(A-B)

Of which due to illness

Of which due to illness

2020

2.2%

Of which due to illness

2021

2.4%

Of which due to illness

2022

2.5%

Of which due to illness

Details

D/(A-B)

(A) Number of working days worked by all statutory employees.

(B) Number of days of annual leave taken by all statutory employees.

(C) Number of days of absence (sick leave, occupational diseases, maternity leave, paternity leave, occupational injuries and/or commuting accidents or any other paid or unpaid absence).

(D) Number of days of sick leave (excluding occupational diseases, maternity or paternity leave, occupational injuries and/or commuting accidents).

Number of recruitments
Number of recruitments (Permanent contract) Europe Latin America North America North Asia SAPMENA-SSA Total
2022 2022Europe4,440 2022Latin America1,740 2022North America3,986 2022North Asia1,057 2022SAPMENA-SSA1,736 2022Total

12,959

2021 2021Europe

3,699

2021Latin America

2,137

2021North America

3,853

2021North Asia

1,970

2021SAPMENA-SSA

1,337

2021Total

12,996

2020 2020Europe

2,706

2020Latin America

1,078

2020North America

2,156

2020North Asia

910

2020SAPMENA-SSA

713

2020Total

7,563

Number of departures
  2020 2021 2022
Number of departures (resignations, retirements, mutual agreements, dismissals) (permanent contracts)

Number of departures (resignations, retirements, mutual agreements, dismissals) (permanent contracts)

2020

9,408

Number of departures (resignations, retirements, mutual agreements, dismissals) (permanent contracts)

2021

11,977

Number of departures (resignations, retirements, mutual agreements, dismissals) (permanent contracts)

202210,823
Number of dismissals (permanent contract)

Number of dismissals (permanent contract)

2020

3,358

Number of dismissals (permanent contract)

2021

3,153

Number of dismissals (permanent contract)

2022

1,863

In 2022, the turnover rate was 12.4%. This is calculated on the basis of employees on permanent contracts and includes resignations, retirements, departures by mutual agreement and dismissals.

4.3.2.1. Preserving employee health and safety
An ambitious shared health and safety policy

The Health (H) and Safety (S) policy is a main priority objective of the Group’s general policy, and one of its main managerial pillars. All managers are evaluated on their ability to apply it, and on their results in this area. It is based on the fundamentals presented in section 4.3.1.1.1.

Moving towards “zero accidents” is the ambition that L’Oréal has set for the safety of its employees. The Group has implemented programmes aimed at reducing risks and ensuring regular improvement in results through the leadership of managers and the participation of staff at all levels.

The Group strives to ensure regulatory compliance with its own standards on its sites (industrial or administrative sites, research centres, stores), and makes sure that its subcontractors and suppliers ensure the health and safety of people through a programme of external audits.

118 injuries with lost-time (L’Oréal and temporary staff) were reported in 2022, compared with 128 injuries with lost-time in 2021.

Change in Conventional Frequency Rate (TFc)(1)
This graph shows the change in Conventional Frequency Rate (TFc) (1).

2011: 2.00

2012: 1.70

2013: 1.60

2014: 1.10

2015: 1.30

2016: 1.20

2017: 0.83

2018: 1.02

2019: 0.79

2020: 0.66

2021: 0.73

2022: 0.62

The conventional frequency rate (TFc) is 0.62 and the enlarged total incident rate reported (TIRe)(2) is 1.34. Injured with lost‑time recorded in the Group in 2022 resulted in the following frequency rates by entity:

Sites TFc 2022 Variation in TFc vs. 2021 TIRe 2022 Variation in TIRe vs. 2021
Factories and distribution centres sites

Factories and distribution centres sites

TFc 2022

1.40 ☑

Factories and distribution centres sites

Variation in TFc vs. 2021

-5 %

Factories and distribution centres sites

TIRe 2022

3.30 ☑

Factories and distribution centres sites

Variation in TIRe vs. 2021

-4.6%

Administrative sites

Administrative sites

TFc 2022

0.20

Administrative sites

Variation in TFc vs. 2021

+43 %

Administrative sites

TIRe 2022

0.51

Administrative sites

Variation in TIRe vs. 2021

+96%

R&I Sites

R&I Sites

TFc 2022

1.01

R&I Sites

Variation in TFc vs. 2021

+181%

R&I Sites

TIRe 2022

2.17

R&I Sites

Variation in TIRe vs. 2021

+18%

Sales forces & Stores

Sales forces & Stores

TFc 2022

0.74

Sales forces & Stores

Variation in TFc vs. 2021

-35 %

Sales forces & Stores

TIRe 2022

1.13

Sales forces & Stores

Variation in TIRe vs. 2021

-3%

Group: all sites

Group: all sites

TFc 2022

0.62

Group: all sites

Variation in TFc vs. 2021

-15%

Group: all sites

TIRe 2022

1.34

Group: all sites

Variation in TIRe vs. 2021

-6%

☑ The Statutory Auditors have expressed reasonable assurance with regard to this indicator.

  1. TFc: number of L’Oréal staff injured with lost time at one million (106) hours worked by L’Oréal employees.
  2. TIRe: number of injured L’Oréal and temporary staff – with lost time, with a light duty and/or medical treatment – reported at one million (106) hours worked by L’Oréal staff and hours worked by temporary staff.