PANDORA ETHICS REPORT 2015
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Employee benefits
The EmployeeWelfareCommittee at PPT consists of 15
colleagues elected every second year (most recently in
2014, where 93%of ourThai colleagues voted).The
committee has three sub-committees, responsible for
coordinating employee interest in a) Compensation&
Benefits, b) Employee Relations and c) Social Activities. As
is the case for the SHECommittee, the EmployeeWelfare
Committee draws onmodern facilities and extensive in-
house and external training. PPT employee benefits include
affordable and healthymeals, parental classes, extensive
professional andpersonal development training, annual
outings, scholarships, employee-operated radio andTV
channels and free bus transport to and fromwork.
Recognising that access to education is a challenge
inThailand, we have established an Edutainment Centre,
which featuresmodern e-learning/internet facilities and a
library.This provides our colleagueswith a comfortable
and inspiring environment where they can relax and learn.
During 2015, the library hadmore than 54,500 visits
andmore than 10,500 bookswere borrowed throughout
the year; themost popular genres being philosophy&
psychology, technology and languages.This successful
initiativewill be replicated for our new crafting facility in
northernThailand.
Three times aweek, our HR Services team sets up
consultation centres close to the canteens to allow
employees to ask questions or seek assistance on issues
such as pay, benefits or employee relations at a time and
placewhich is convenient. In 2015, theHR Services team
received close to 14,000 visits.
Communication
Wewant toprovide both entertainment andup-to-date and
company information for our craftspeople so that everyone
fully understands the context of their work, receives
feedback fromour consumers, and has a clear picture of
PANDORA’s global performance.To this end, we share
news updates, departmental news and customer feedback
through infomeetings and our in-house PANDORARadio
(with employee electedDJs) and PANDORATV, both
broadcasting daily. But we alsowant to listen. Besides
training and encouraging our people to speak up andour
managers to listen on a daily basis, we conduct monthly
meetingswhere colleagues are invited to share their
opinions and ideas, and suggest subjects for discussion. In
2015,more thanhalf of the suggestions from thesemeetings
were implemented.
Fun
Our colleagues’ commitment to PANDORA is also clearly
visible during our social events.What started out as a
small company outing to the beach in the early days of the
company has developed into a two-day beach event for
more than2,700 people in 2015. Colleagues opting not to
go to the beachwere offered family tickets for the nearby
funpark instead.The end-of-year party is an even larger
event, andwithmore than 8,800participants it resembles a
music festival. For entertainment at the party, national pop
stars and thewinners of the popular annual “PANDORA’s
GotTalent” competitionperform for the happy crowd.
In2015, PPT also launched a FamilyDay, where 7,150
employees participated.
