We invest in occupational health and safety work
Employment relationships are exceptionally long at Lemminkäinen. There are many ways in which we strive to promote employee retention, personal development, the balance between work and leisure time, and occupational health and safety issues. The need to respect and promote gender equality is emphasised in Group’s personnel policy.
Lemminkäinen maintains close contact and engages in an active dialogue with the trade unions of its business areas. The Group’s co-determination body is a forum in which topical issues concerning the employer and employees can be discussed. We want to observe collective bargaining agreements, labour market legislation and other comparable norms. It is important for us that relationships with representatives of the personnel are lively and constructive so that local issues can be resolved from the right starting points.
We invest in occupational health and safety work
Acting responsibly is underlined in the construction sector, where hard physical work, accident-proneness and exposure to various potential hazards must be prevented or controlled. Lemminkäinen has long recognised the importance of safety work and promoted it in all of its operations.
Prevention is best
Lemminkäinen actively encourages its employees to take the initiative in their own training and professional development. Lemminkäinen is paying more and more attention to fitness for work in order to maintain and improve the overall physical condition and fitness for work of its employees. The most important approach is preventative work, which also helps to reduce the level of premature retirement. Occupational rehabilitation is often the best way of steering an employee suffering from health problems towards a new job.
Lemminkäinen supports the taking of physical exercise at 300 gyms and fitness centres nationwide. Especially employees who do not get enough exercise to maintain themselves in good health are targeted as a group that should be urged to take regular exercise. Employees are also encouraged to join in group exercise events.
Uniform occupational healthcare across the country
Good occupational healthcare promotes job commitment and reduces unwanted employee turnover. Lemminkäinen’s occupational health service supports the Group’s stated goal of becoming the best and most desirable employer in its field.
Occupational health services are provided to all employees nationwide on a uniform basis. The occupational health service makes proposals for improvements in working conditions and methods, and monitors the implementation of measures in the workplace. The work absences of Lemminkäinen’s employees are lower than the construction industry average.