Occupational Safety and Working Conditions

Employees are one of the most important strategic resources of Obolon Corporation. This ensures the company's competitive capability and promotes its success in reaching its goals.

Obolon employee policy consists in raising employee professional level, improving working conditions, working process safety, and social security guarantees for all employees.

Today, these goals are achieved at the corporation facilities through the implemented and certified OHSAS 18001:2007 occupational health and safety management system.

Since the establishment of the company till now, Obolon has never stopped performing its basic obligations to the employees, which makes it a highly reputable Ukrainian company.

Employee Profile

In 2013, the personnel structure of the Obolon Corporation underwent certain changes. In order to improve management effectiveness and ensure a better distribution of production capabilities, an insignificant reduction in the number of employees was made, reducing the staff by 1.1% as compared to 2012. The reason was reduction of product output due to the negative trends in the beer and soft drinks sector.

• 97% of the personnel worked full-time in 2013.
• 3% of the employees worked part-time.

• 28% women in the personnel structure in 2013.
• 72% of employees of Obolon production units last year were men.

• 68% of the employees were engaged in the production process in 2013.
• 32% of Obolon employees are engineering and technical personnel as of 2013.

Distribution of Obolon Employees by Company

In 2013, Obolon arranged for the training of occupational safety specialists under a "Basic Occupational Health and Safety Management" course according to the OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management System implemented in the corporation.

The personnel turnover in Obolon Corporation is related to outflow of qualified employees to the companies or industries with higher salaries (e. g. heat energy), as well as with labour migration to foreign countries.

Obolon complies with the requirements and provisions of the Labour Code of Ukraine prohibiting the use of minor workers under harmful and/or dangerous working conditions. In their operations, the companies follow the provisions of declarations and conventions of international organizations and the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the prohibition of forced labour and child labour.