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Raiffeisen Bank International | Sustainability Report 2017
GRI content index / Assurance statement Engaged citizen Fair partner Responsible banker Sustainability management Overview Foreword
Active participation of employees
RBI AG believes it is extremely important that the
concerns of our employees are listened to and taken
seriously. At internal events, employees have the
opportunity to direct questions (e.g. by text message),
which are answered immediately during the event.
There are also further opportunities for interacting with
the Management Board:
Six times a year, the employees of RBI AG have the
opportunity to have breakfast with a member of the
RBI Management Board. The new format invites
employees to enter into direct exchange with the RBI
board member. Together with ten to twelve colleagues,
they can ask the board member questions in an
informal setting over a convivial breakfast and discuss
current topics with him. To ensure that all employees
have an equal chance of participating, names are
drawn for each date. Furthermore, the Management
Board of RBI AG is also available for a “Q&A” on the
intranet site under “Ask the RBI Board.” Here, employees
can also ask the Management Board questions on an
anonymous basis. The answers are posted online to
all employees in a catalog of Q&A topics.
Employee event “Let’s do it! 2017“, © Lukas Bezila
Breakfast with the Management Board, © RBI
The active participation of employees is also made possible via their interest group, the Staff Council, which undertakes
a wide range of activities throughout the year. This also includes employees’ suggestions being processed in the various
working groups of the Staff Council of RBI AG, some of them with the company physician and Human Resources,
and measures are taken on an ongoing basis. The goal is the discernment and promotion of economic, social, health
and cultural interests of the employees in the business. Some working groups are set up to run on a permanent basis
(e.g. workplace conditions/health, work/family, nutrition, culture). Others are put together at short notice and work
on a project-by-project basis. However, cost-intensive issues are only rarely discussed here. Often, it is a case of
taking up an idea and putting it into practice. In total, around 100 measures are developed each year. This means
that the working groups are always an important breeding ground for sustainable improvements.
In addition to the Staff Council’s co-determination prescribed under labor law, co-determination and the exchange
of information are also guaranteed through participation in various committees such as the Supervisory Board, the
health and safety committee, the environmental committee as well as at individual “jour-fixe,” which are held by the
Staff Council’s Management Board with the various members of the Management Board (CEO, COO/CIO, CRO
and Markets and Retail).
44 percent of group employees are covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements.
RBI with European Staff Council
The following eight EU countries are represented in the European Staff Council (ESC) of RBI: Bulgaria, Hungary,
Croatia, Austria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. There are 13 representatives altogether.
Under the terms of the agreement of the European Staff Council, the ESC has the right to be informed about and
consulted on matters that are of an international nature and concern the economic, social, health and cultural
interests of employees of at least two companies belonging to the RBI Group. During the course of 2017, the ESC
had two ordinary meetings. A large number of topics were discussed with the RBI management, including
digitalization initiatives, performance management, incentive systems and changes regarding the current bonus
regulations for RBI. The Management Committee of the ESC, consisting of four elected ESC representatives, met